gote Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 13 hours ago, rockstar.esq said: Another reason for choking up on the hammer is to reduce weird bounces when you're using the corner of the hammer face as a fuller. Does it really work that way, I tought that the choking up in that situation was because you get more tilt with a shorter distance to the head. I really do not know, I prefer to hit straight and to use the edge or horn (Not london pattern) of the anvil or the pein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar.esq Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 gote, It's possible to rotate the head to strike a corner while holding the end of the handle. It's just less rotation of the handle than switching from flat face to a cross pein. Landing the blow isn't the hard part, recovering from the wonky rebound is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Yes absolutely if you mean the lateral "edge" of the hammer. I was thinking about using the far edge which seems to be advocated by some smiths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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