[TheForge] How did the cross pein hammer come to be the standard?

[Dan Tull]

My cross pein has a straight pein on the side edge of the face!
dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] How did the cross pein hammer come to be the 
standard?


>I was hoping somebody had a better answer than I do.
>
> I'll say up front I don't know how the cross pein became "standard" but I
> have a "theory."
>
> The same question has come to mind often enough, I use the straight pein a
> lot more often than the cross pein. I've brought it up any number of times
> and while most people don't even know what I'm talking about a few do.
>
> Of the answers I've gotten these are the most common:
>
> 1) Cross pein used to pein lid edges over rims of cans, barrels, etc. like
> the old steel mastic buckets and such.
>
> 2) Cross pein used to knock flanges loose or together while pipe fitting.
>
> 3) Cross peins are used drive banding or similar things onto shafts.
>
> Outside of blacksmiths I haven't run into anybody who uses a straight 
> pein.
>
> My theory is this; A straight pein is no longer an industry standard 
> hammer
> because it no longer has a common job, while a cross pein does, even if in 
> a
> limited manner is still commonly used.
>
> Of course I could be wrong.
>
> <grin>
>
> Frosty
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <xlch58 at swbell.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:31 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] How did the cross pein hammer come to be the standard?
>
>
>> As I was forging today, I noticed how often I reach for a straight pein
>> hammer, but rarely use the pein on my cross pein.   Watching other
>> smiths it seems they also reach for a straight pein or 45 degree pein
>> most often.    So I was wondering how the cross pein came to be the
>> standard and how it became associated so closely with the smith?  Anyone
>> know?
>>
>> Charles
>>
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