Dillion Brian Grant Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Well y'all I finally did it, the day before yesterday I swung and when it hit the metal the handle sealed just below the head, the hammer was a 2 lb cross pein with a wooden handle. Well I told my granddad about it and he ended up buying me a 2.5 lb kobalt cross pein with a fiberglass handle it's nice but I have to ask this, there is a slight point on the face and I wanted to know if it will be an issue? And will the round circles be an issue as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Yes and yes that was the exact first hammer I had. But a little work with an angle grinder and it was fixed. Also I trimmed a little bit of off of the handle thickness. The rubber handle tends to cause blisters if you hold it to tight, cause it was to large for my hands. But now I have a hammer that I made with a wood handle and I like it much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Yep, wood handles a low you to rasp them to fit your hand. Tho the flat pein on the tractor supply hammers is easer to dress. You have to round all those sharp edges and sand out the swirls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillion Brian Grant Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Ok so the swirls and the center point on the face needs to be sanded off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Yup they put the ugliest mark on metal you've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Don't leave a texture on your hammer face that you don't want to see repeated on your workpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Both faces of a new hammer should be dressed to get rid if sharp edges and machine marks. Easy to do if you have access to a belt sander. Putting a new handle on the 2 lb is also easy and one can never have too many hammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 search on dressing hammers for information on what you really really really need to do to that one. Not only the point and swirls but the edge bevel transition will be marking up your workpiece if you don't dress that face! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillion Brian Grant Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Well thank you so much for the advice and if anybody is wondering, no I do not have a belt sander tho if love it if i did of course.. oh the things I could do lol, but yeah I honestly wanted to just get a new handle for the 2 lb hammer but when my granddad bought it I wasnt going to turn him down because that would havebeen really rude of course Also what edges need to be rounded exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 It should look about like the dotted line in this picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillion Brian Grant Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 So I guess by the time that is done it will probably be about 2 and 3\8 pounds right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 After dressing the hammer the weight is not an issue. Use a lighter hammer and build up to a heavier one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillion Brian Grant Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Well I mean I had been using the 2 lb hammer for almost a year and it didn't tire me out at all so I wasn't to worried about the weight change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 You know you could always read the many many posts on this site about dressing hammers. The information hasn't changed in the last decade or so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 So Google. " dressing a hammer Iforgeiron .com" and see where that gets you. This isn't Hollywood, Viking era smiths used 1-1/2 to 2# hammers. I use 1-1/2 to 3# but I have been at it a wile. I do have a 4# hand sledge, but I am going to put a sledge handle in it for Sandy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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