A few of my hammers

[D.C.]

Well, I'm down for recovery for the next couple of weeks, so I figured I'd share some of the hammers I've made in the past few months.

This site has been an invaluable resource, and I can honestly say I couldn't have done any of this without the guidance and support of the members here.

Unfortunately, I'm a one man shop, so these were done without the help of a striker. Hence the more "rustic" appearance.

Even so, they are my favorite project, and being stuck in bed, all I can do is plan for the next one....

[Glenn]

All the best on a quick and complete recovery. Keep posting as we are very interested in your work and input to the site.

[D.C.]

Thanks Glenn. I'm hoping that while I am unable to do the heavy lifting in the forge-I may be able to get my daughters trained up as strikers. I'll definitely post pics when we start that endeavour.

[arkie]

Here's hoping for a speedy recovery, D.C.  Very nice looking hammers.  BTW, not having a striker, how are you fullering the hammer heads alone?  Do you use something like the Smithing Magician or similar tool?

[D.C.]

Thanks arkie!

I started with a monstrous spring fuller, but quickly found it's limitations. So now it's an incredibly redneck fullering tool fabbed from rectangular hollow tube and fits 1/2 dies I make from some plow wear bar. It works..But still looking to improve the setup. I struggle with having to hold the stock in place while striking the tool with the sledge. Leads to that "rustic" look....slightly misaligned fullers and the occasional mistrike.

Btw..I can't take credit for the design, I'm sure I saw something similar online somewhere.