May 22, 20224 yr 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.
May 22, 20224 yr Frosty Cool! Do you have pictures of it? wicon Thanks very much. Do you have some sort of trademark guide I can look up?
May 22, 20224 yr 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.
May 22, 20224 yr OOPS! I was WAY wrong but caught it in time to make it go away. WHEW! Frosty The Lucky.
May 23, 20224 yr I checked mine cant find any marks but it looks just like Alex’s hammer but it’s different from yours Jerry,
May 23, 20224 yr TW, it's not an uncommon style, I haver a number of straight/cross peen "ball peen type" hammers.
May 24, 20224 yr 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.
May 24, 20224 yr 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.
May 24, 20224 yr 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 @.
May 24, 20224 yr 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.
November 19, 20223 yr 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!
November 19, 20223 yr 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.
November 19, 20223 yr Thanks Frosty. So, either would work, but Hardenable will last longer. Kinda what I figured.
November 19, 20223 yr 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.
November 19, 20223 yr 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.
November 19, 20223 yr 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
November 19, 20223 yr I have two touchmarks, one small and one a bit larger, both made from coil spring. The coil spring works fine.
November 19, 20223 yr The shiny stuff could be high chrome content, but could be plated with something for sure. I just finished mine, made from coil spring:
November 20, 20223 yr 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.
November 20, 20223 yr 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.
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