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

BP1001 Hofi Hammer Technique is a good starting point.

Thanks, Glenn!

Dave

Nice! ... is that the cast version?

 

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.

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

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

You ARE lucky- in many, many ways, Jim! I love your blacksmith figure, too

Dave

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.

Lucky you! That's a nice hammer! I'll be right over to borrow it. LOL

Jeremy, you never cease to amaze me with the things you think of and forge. 

 

Very nice, Jeremy!

Dave

Ken had a vendor spot and I was just helping him demo his hammer.

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!

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. 

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

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.

Are you gonna get more hammers, too?

If there is enough interest I can make some inquiries.

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.

I am interested in another Hofi of about 1.5 or 1.75 pounds, depending on price, Glenn.

Dave

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.