Frosty Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Nice hammer, sorry no idea about the trademark. I wonder if it's a factory cross pein or a blacksmith converted it. I changed a 32oz. ball pein into a straight pein some years ago and the resemblance is striking. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicon Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 It's a factory made Engineer's Hammer made by Peddinghaus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDegens Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Frosty Cool! Do you have pictures of it? wicon Thanks very much. Do you have some sort of trademark guide I can look up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicon Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Sorry, only in german https://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/marken.phtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Thanks for the ID Wicon. Sure do Alex. Hmmm, I thought I had a better pic from the top, the pein is shaped better than it looks in the pic. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Boy I got a rusty hammer just like that! Now I gotta go look for a mark! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 OOPS! I was WAY wrong but caught it in time to make it go away. WHEW! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 I checked mine cant find any marks but it looks just like Alex’s hammer but it’s different from yours Jerry, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 TW, it's not an uncommon style, I haver a number of straight/cross peen "ball peen type" hammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDegens Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 wicon Thanks for the list! I’m still looking for some sort of list with marks behind names. Maybe putting in some work to make one myself. Frosty Nice! Did you put a steel wedge in across the whole width of the handle? TWISTEDWILLOW I find them a lot. But mostly with a ball peen. I have one other straight peen hammer that i need to rehandle or put another wedge in. It is not completely straight on the handle either. So i really need to fix this. ThomasPowers Do you have pictures. I always love to see other tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Alex: Yes, I made the handle from 5/4" straight clear grain hickory cabinet lumber and wedging it the "normal" way with a wooden wedge and a steel wedge diagonally across it doesn't seem to hold so I forged a wedge with barbs and it's stayed tight. Please do NOT use the @ to tag people's names. It messes up the Iforge operating software making the moderators go through the posts and remove them manually. Just use the login or person's real name if you know it, the way I called you Alex at the beginning of this post. It'll help keep you off the moderator's radar which is to be desired. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDegens Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Yes sounds good Frosty. I’m not a big fan of steel wedges. I only use them when there is no other way. Thanks for the tip for the @. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Slab hammer handles can be a pain to fit to the hammer head but the way they fit the hand makes them well worth the effort. No sweat, learning to use the forum takes a little time and we try to help new folks along. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering_R0gue Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 What is people's opinion: does a Touchmark NEED to be made from a hardenable steel, or would mild work? Being used on hot metal, what has more longevity? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 A lot depends on how fine the detail of the touch mark is of course. But of course a hardened steel punch will last longer a S or H series steel punch probably a couple few generations. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering_R0gue Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Thanks Frosty. So, either would work, but Hardenable will last longer. Kinda what I figured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 The shiny rods in the pic below - probably plated so I don't want to forge - think they're be hard though? Like harder than mild I mean? Good small size for a touchmark and already a good length for holding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Sorry Shaina but my mass spectrometer vision doesn't work on my computer screen. No telling I like picking up chisels and punches at yard, garage, etc. sales as stock for that sort of thing. I get them by the handful tossed in if I buy something else otherwise a couple bucks a handful. Coil spring is good enough if the detail isn't too fine. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Yeah I figured I'd get a response like that and asked anyway, lol I do have coil spring and it's what I was planning to use until I was looking at that pic of the stuff I got and wondering what to do with the shiny bits, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 I have two touchmarks, one small and one a bit larger, both made from coil spring. The coil spring works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering_R0gue Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 The shiny stuff could be high chrome content, but could be plated with something for sure. I just finished mine, made from coil spring: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I also had a thought tonight that I could cut the tip off a busted screw driver and the shaft would make a nice size. To start with, mine needs to be small enough to stamp quarter inch that's been reduced. So less than a quarter inch in size. Pretty small. That's why I was dragging my heels at using coil spring. I'd have to do more work by cutting to size, reducing it down, and carving. Was really hoping that I could just take a dremel to something that was already the right shape and will last awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Use a pin punch, they're flat ended and intended to be hit. You could put your touch mark on the flattened part of the pin, it's widened and faces out. Hmmm? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Look for a coil type garage door spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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