May 24, 201412 yr I got this hammer off an auction website for $20 The face on it was a bit munted so today I set about making it a bit more useable and shiny. I am unfamiliar on what the peen on it would be used for though. Any ideas?
May 24, 201412 yr Welcome aboard glad to have you. I just came from looking at your knife post. I think that's a stone mason's hammer. You should be able to make a perfectly workable blacksmith's hammer from it with a little forging and grinding. One of my favorite straight pein hammers started life as a mason's hammer and is so much happier now than it used to be. Frosty The Lucky.
May 24, 201412 yr That is a stone mason's hammer. The point is used for removing stone, by the concentrating the force of the blow. The face is a little polished but too flat and the edges are way too sharp (will leave marks all over your work. All hammers (even carpenter's hammers) have at least a slight crown. Without the crown you will leave dents with every blow except the occasional perfect one. the edges should be eased (rounded).
May 24, 201412 yr Anyone know what use with that hammer causes the 2 edges to be worn in that manner? I have a hammer in my pile of odds an ends that has a very similar face. I try to grab a pic a little later on today
May 24, 201412 yr Anyone know what use with that hammer causes the 2 edges to be worn in that manner? I have a hammer in my pile of odds an ends that has a very similar face. I try to grab a pic a little later on today Same as the edge of the anvil. Instead of getting a straight pein when he needed on, he used that side.When he needed a cross pein he used the bottom edge. Most stone hammers are one or the other. Because that one has a pick built in instead of a pein, a highly skilled primitive mason didn't even need a chisel if he had that hammer. He could drill, set, chip and flake and break all with one tool.
May 24, 201412 yr Here is the pics of the hammer I have. It is hand made by someone. Makes me think more of a handled tool with the small round eye.
May 24, 201412 yr you should take a look at the thread about doing this, It can be found in the "store bought hammer" sticky at the top of this page.'?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> at the top of this page
May 29, 201412 yr Author Welcome aboard glad to have you. I just came from looking at your knife post. I think that's a stone mason's hammer. You should be able to make a perfectly workable blacksmith's hammer from it with a little forging and grinding. One of my favorite straight pein hammers started life as a mason's hammer and is so much happier now than it used to be. Frosty The Lucky. Thanks frosty, I was a bit reluctant to grind too much off on my first go. I'll probably need to grind it back 1/8 - 1/4 inch to get that ding out of the corner.
May 29, 201412 yr Author That is a stone mason's hammer. The point is used for removing stone, by the concentrating the force of the blow. The face is a little polished but too flat and the edges are way too sharp (will leave marks all over your work. All hammers (even carpenter's hammers) have at least a slight crown. Without the crown you will leave dents with every blow except the occasional perfect one. the edges should be eased (rounded). Thanks for the heads up on crowning!
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