[TheForge] blacksmith question holding hammers

[A. Vida]

Grover Richardson wrote:
> 
> I have found that unless I hold the hammer extremely hard, it tends to
> slip out of my hands while hammering. 

	Either you're doing something wrong, the helve is too slippery,
	or like me, you're Mr. Wimpy Smith.

> Even then, I have to keep moving
> my hand up the shaft.  I could take a grinder to the handle and make a
> knob on the end of it, but this seemed a bit radical, particularly if I
> do it wrong.

	Checker the helve.  Get a checkering tool from a gunsmith supply
	and go to it.  If after that you're still slipping, you probably
	need to find something else to do. :) :) :)
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