[TheForge] Hardening and Tempering a Hammer Head

Tue Dec 10 18:26:01 2002

I was shown a similar method when I helped make myself a hammer at Peters =
Valley, but we just used tap water, which may have been cold, but wouldn't =
have been ice cold.  Just a steady stream of water on the face.  I =
understand this had been taught by Nol Putnam.

Bruce
NJ

>>> [email protected] 12/10/02 10:48AM >>>
Phil wrote:
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> What are some of the methods you folks use for hardening and tempering =
hammer heads?  I'm talking about medium to high carbon steel, and a cross =
or straight pein hammer?  Do you temper the face and pein seperately?
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> Thanks
I have seen it done in this way:

Heat one end to critical temp.
Then using a can (or in this case a camp coffee pot) pour warm water
over the face. Trying to keep the stream in the center of face. This was
demoed at a Jefferson Smith's(part of  CBA) hammer-in last summer. The
peen was done the same way. Turned out a nice working hammer.
The smith who did this said he learned it from an OLD smith who was a
logging camp smith.

I have not yet tried it. But I will get round to it. <smile>

Ralph

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