feral Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I still need to clean it up and grind/finish the faces and I'm thinking of making the eye a little more oval (it's AWFULLY round right now), but I'm pretty happy with it so far. It's about 3 pounds and I intend for it to be my primary forging hammer. Oh, and please ignore the pizza crusts. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastRonin Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Nice. Hand hammered, striker(s), or powerhammer? Starting stock (material and size)? What is your plan for the handle? (Notice... no mention of pizza crust ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Well, if they're old enough, those crusts might make pretty good handles.............looks like fun. Do it by yourself? Or was beer and "za" payment to your striker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feral Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 I had two friends there to help. I had Avery position while Scott and I struck. I also did a little more work on it today to flatten the eye out a little and added my maker's mark. I still have to finish up the faces and of course haft it, but I'm REALLY exited! I was just going to use hickory for the handle, but now I'm thinking of getting super fancy and using something like curly maple. I haven't decided though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikecopXXX Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Nice job...what size material did you start with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastRonin Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Would the grain pattern of curly maple make it too weak for a working hammer? I've always heard you want straight grain in your hammer hafts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinculo Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Nice first hammer. It should serve you well. Looks like you might want to pull the cheeks out on the drift a bit. What shape is your drift to get a round shaped eye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Excellent work. It's nice to have strikers when you want to do a big project like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Fine looking hammer! Put it to good use. :) For your handle, use straight grained hickory or ash. You'll be looking at your work, not the handle (I hope). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feral Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm terrible at answering questions, sorry. Started off with a piece of 2" 4140 stock. The drift was just a tapered piece of round bar stock that was laying around at school. I did go ahead and flatten the eye out a little. I also roughed out a haft from a scrap of hickory. I still have to finish the handle (and heat treat the head and polish the faces) but i'm pretty happy with how it's coming along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinculo Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 You going to differentially temper with the drift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feral Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 You going to differentially temper with the drift? I had not planned to, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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