windancer Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 My brand-new Hofi Hammer was delivered today. I could not be happier with it, now If I just have the strength left to swing it! 1.3 KG = 2.866 pounds Will get it polished up later this week! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 BP1001 Hofi Hammer Technique is a good starting point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 Thanks, Glenn! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Nice! ... is that the cast version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyuv Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 AHHH, the magic hammer! Your days of hard work and troubles are over. Your hair will grow lush. Will never run out of hot water in the middle of a shower. The wife will take the kids for a long vacation. Good times. I have it for a year now, and had only one death in the family. Praise the Hofi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 I believe it is the cast version, yes, It only took me 12 years to find one for sale. Have wanted one for a long time. They are hard to find! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Greetings Dave, Iam lucky I have 5 Hofi hammers only one of which is cast. ( pictured) It will be your go to hammer from now on.. Enjoy and have fun. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 You ARE lucky- in many, many ways, Jim! I love your blacksmith figure, too Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Jim, I also like your blacksmith figure, here is one I forged mostly using a KZ150 air hammer at the last ABANA conference in South Dakota. About the only hand hammering done was riveting parts together. Couple of the fingers got sacrificed due to working a tad bit to cold and broke off, I started with 1-1/2" square stock for the wizard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Lucky you! That's a nice hammer! I'll be right over to borrow it. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Jeremy, you never cease to amaze me with the things you think of and forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Very nice, Jeremy! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Ken had a vendor spot and I was just helping him demo his hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedCustoms Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 That's a good looking hammer windancer. I have seen and read about those for years but I never knew they were scarce. Your comments prompted me to do a quick search and the only thing that turned up was the "Big Blu" hammers. Are they connected with Uri Hofi in any way or just making knock offs of his design? I assumed a hammer made by the man himself would be harder to get but I thought the cast ones would be readily available. Not so. I never really wanted one till I knew they were hard to find and now I'm mildly obsessed with finding one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Two people in the US were able to make hammers with the Hofi name on them. To my knowledge no one is able to make hammers with the Hofi name on them at this time. IForgeIron ordered Hofi hammers directly from Hofi in Israel so we could sell them on the site. Each hammer was made in Hofi's shop. That way Hofi had full control of the quality and workmanship of each hammer. We even made Hofi hammer t-shirts that were included with the hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Must have been while I was away, Glenn. I for sure would have bought one from you had I known. Dave I bought a control kit for my Kinyon style hammer from Ken. Made a 1,000 % difference in usability and control. Were I ever to look for another air hammer I would buy from Ken. First-rate folks to deal with- all of them. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 We brought the Hofi hammer t-shirt design out of retirement a couple of years ago to fill the requests. If there is enough interest, we could do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Are you gonna get more hammers, too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 If there is enough interest I can make some inquiries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, TwistedCustoms said: the only thing that turned up was the "Big Blu" hammers. Are they connected with Uri Hofi in any way or just making knock offs of his design? This is what Uri Hofi had to say about the Big Blu hammers: "The BigBlu by Mr. Dean Curfman that also paid twice a visit to my smithy in Israel twice special to learn how to forge the Hofi hammer and to grind it and also to learn about the quick change system for the air hammer die and about forging other tools that he sells now. The air hammer school is also my idea and I was teaching there the '' free form air hammer system''. Mr. Dean Curfmann also took three classes with me at the Ozark and in NY." See https://www.iforgeiron.com/index2.html/articles/a0019-the-hofi-hammer-r129/ for more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 I am interested in another Hofi of about 1.5 or 1.75 pounds, depending on price, Glenn. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedCustoms Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Thank you for the info JHCC. I suspected as much just from glancing at the website. The hand hammers are clearly "hofi style" but no mention of their origins. It's interesting about the air hammer school aspect. I love my Brazeal style rounding hammers, one of which was made by Lyle Wynn on a day when Brian happened to be at Lyles shop, the other was made by one of Lyles students. I'm fortunate to have gotten to spend a little time with those guys. Since the curriculum they teach is called "Tools to Make Tools", it is expected that students, once instructed will wander out into the world and duplicate what they learned. That isn't the same as visiting some ones shop under the pretense of wanting to learn and then taking every idea and invention and claiming it for your own. Glenn, I for one would be interested in getting a Hofi hammer. Let me know if I can do anything to help facilitate making it possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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