[TheForge] Re: Anvil stands

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Mike;
I saw this second hand and briefly at that so I'm no expert...but
Uri Hoffi ( hope I'm not mispelling that name) has apparently developed 
a distinctive style of smithing that involves using a  short, blocky, 
diagonal pien, hammer head with an short stocky handle. They stand close 
to the tail of the anvil and face the horn, swinging the hammer almost 
parallel to the length of the anvil. At least this is what i gathered 
from Tom Clark's demo and from some other folks I've seen. The 
allegation seems to be one of minimum bodily stress and maximum control. 
The face of the hammer is rectangular with the long way parallel to the 
handle. They tilt the hammer to use the corners and radiused edges a 
lot. They choke way up on the handle.
Now would somebody be so kind as to correct where I'm wrong and fill in 
the rest?.........Pete

Mike Spencer wrote:

>>     The hoffi style hammering seems to be all close and tight with
>>     short, fast, elbow swings. Damn near holding the hammer head in
>>     your hand. I can see it for carving marble, but, dunno about hot
>>     steel.
>>    
>>
>
>What's "hoffi style hammering"?
>
>For folks interested in starting a bun fight over hammering styles, we
>could start with:
>
>   http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/hammer.html
>
>I keep meaning to get back to this project Real Soon Now but stuff
>happens, dontcha know.  
>
>- Mike
>
>  
>



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