Millhand Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Ok, had a old ball peen hammer, polished both faces and then after looking at it i decided I needed a sort of cross to do detail work on leaves. Fired up the forge and slow soaked her wile it was warming up. Had a good heat first blow! Split it rite around the center! Im so bummed...... was a awesome old hammer and I destroyed it. Wrought? It doesn't spark like it. More like a mid carbon Rust down in the crack. Guess it was already there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Probably an old stress crack that finally let go. There was a post a few days ago about someone's well-used punch that split apart after years of use, probably for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Could have sold it yesterday for 20 bucks to a guy. Now I pitch it in the scrap bin lol just my luck. Lol It's a insert never seen such a thing!!! Have a hammer eye punch now hahaaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Hole goes all the way to the body of the hamner and is has a lot of what looks like small wire in it. So strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Wonder if it had a high carbon insert forge welded to a softer body. Never saw one but a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 That's exactly what was done, it was a hand forged hammer, i shouldn't have messed with it i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Wow that is bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 That's sure a new one on me, I'd sure like to talk to the person who made it. I'd have to make a shadow box and hang it on the wall. Bummer but a cool bummer. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Okay, that's more than a stress crack! Weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 After many hours last night i was able to almost restore her to her former glory. forge welded the plug back in . Still has problems and im not sure it will hold. Was a experience though!! Took till 3am n im feeling the pain today. Longest quick n dirty hammer mod ever!!!! Expensive hammer now hahaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I was wandering when the blacksmith stubborn would hik in and you would just weld it back to gether, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 That was going to be my suggestion. Looks like you did a good job to me. Think I might try that on the next straight peen I make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 6 hours ago, Charles R. Stevens said: I was wandering when the blacksmith stubborn would hik in and you would just weld it back to gether, lol Yeah, it didn't take long after that last post I decided I had to fix it. Started making a new plug out of d2 and just couldn't make it work. So i went ahead and used the old plug. Blacksmith stubborn is a real thing 5 hours ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said: That was going to be my suggestion. Looks like you did a good job to me. Think I might try that on the next straight peen I make. Oh great, after this post there will be lots of hammers out there to confuse the next generation hahaaa! I love it, let's start hiding messages in our tools. Like the smith that made this hammer. His was, you have alot to learn grasshopper lol I won't be parting with this hammer for some time. Thanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I have several steeled hammers, generally the colour change alerted me to it before I could rework them. Mainly from a flea market in Columbus OH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 6 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: I have several steeled hammers, generally the colour change alerted me to it before I could rework them. Mainly from a flea market in Columbus OH. I will definitely catch the next one, I had never seen or knew they existed. So i didn't pay much attention. Maybe this post will save a few noobs from my experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Well even as late as the American Civil War steel cost 6 times as much as wrought iron so there was an economic inducement to economize on it's use. (Some folks though that a wrought iron body was superior in how it transmitted energy or just "felt" in use. Sound familiar?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhand Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 On 8/7/2017 at 9:48 PM, ThomasPowers said: Well even as late as the American Civil War steel cost 6 times as much as wrought iron so there was an economic inducement to economize on it's use. (Some folks though that a wrought iron body was superior in how it transmitted energy or just "felt" in use. Sound familiar?) Yes, Thank you Tomas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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