Pault17 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 I was browsing through some Aspery videos and watched his leafing hammer tutorial. I had a piece of 7/8 square mystery hardenable steel and decided to try a viking-style design. I used about 4.5 inches of the bar to get a just-over 1 lb hammer. I upset the striking end to 1-inch forged to shape. I triple annealed then tried hardening in vege-oil. The hammer got hard, but a file stuck a little. I started over again and quenched in water, and the file skated like glass. I blacksmith-tempered with a hot drift and got the face and the been to bronze/straw. I repurposed an old handle that had broken off, and finished with tung oil. The handle is shorter, but I favor the shorter handles anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Looks good. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Nice job! and I especially like your process! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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