[TheForge] Hammers

[dann]

Dave,

After reading this line for a  while,  I took my  side grinder and  sweet 
talked the handle of  my favorite  2  pound cross peen.  I   gave it the 
diet treatment  below the head, and a little off the "love handle 
-grip"    It seemed to feel a little better,  If not I will have to refit 
with a new handle.  I also re-worked the handle of my favorite 3 # hammer, 
but not quite as drastically.

Dann



>>Does anyone have a recipie for making good feeling hammers?
>
>Just sweet talk them for a while, it's easier than upsetting them.
>
>Dave "I couldn't help myself" Brown
>
>P.S. ... blacksmithing content ...  I'm not so sure that there is a 
>"recipe" per se and think that a "good feeling" hammer is a very 
>subjective thing.  I have friends who swear by their hammers as "the best 
>one in the world", yet when I use their hammer I simply swear AT it.  I do 
>think also that there is a need in most hammers to balance the weight fore 
>and aft of the eye.
>
>
>Dave Brown
>Heritage Smithing
>Green Bay, WI
>ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG
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