Rashelle Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Here are some of the pics from a hammer I forged recently. With a striker not a power hammer. Not sure of end weight of hammer but the billet would of been about 6.44 lbs. As it is a large hammer intended for me to use when I want a striker but don't have one around I went with a round face with short radius edges and an absolutely flat face. I can literally spin it on the anvil. So it moves the metal aggressively then cleans up nice. The pictures aren't doing the purple coloring justice. It was a contest hammer and the billet was supplied. The billets were a higher carbon content then I'd normally use on a hammer so taking and tempering it to blue/purple was intentional. It's not for striking other tools only hot metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Great job! I like it a lot ) Nice flower n the handle, too. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashelle Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Thank you Dave. I had to figure out a way to make it stand out. I had no idea what the competition would be. I've been called competitive in the past. So with that as a given I had to go with a nice flow, lots of contrast, and make it pretty. Rashelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Wow, it's a beaut! Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I like the look of that, nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 She's sure to be a workhorse! I love the shape of the head and how the lines flow so smoothly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashelle Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Thank you Mitch, Ian, and Vaughn. Working on the lines, I'd end up doing a little work, then taking a good look at it, and deciding what needed to be changed. When I first received the billet to be used I was like uhhoh, that's big. Then I was like will I ever use it? After that was they must have a lot of confidence of myself and Dean. (There were two of us from Fort Vancouver entering the contest and received both billets for us. Myself and a third person struck for Dean and Dean and Andrew struck for me.) (Not sure who struck for who doing which tools at this point, we will finish Andrew up a hammer in awhile too for triplets.) Then was my last reaction, Cool this is gonna be fun, lets make it a bit different from my daily use rounding hammer to give me more options. Now it's been used a bit and I love it. It won't become my regular use hammer but it will be used regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Keep on keeping on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashelle Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Thank you Frank I will. Doing this is something I very much enjoy. Even swinging a sledge hammer all day I feel good, and will continue to "keep on keeping on". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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