[TheForge] offset pein hammer

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Wise sages
     What is the purpose of a hammer with the pien at a ten degree angle 
rather than straight or cross?Hugh said it was easier to beat out a set of 
ox shoes with it than a ball pien, but he got it from his father in law and 
wasnt quite sure of the original use.Hubert is 94 years of age and his 
father in law ran a smithy in Halifax,Nova Scotia on property that is now an 
aged subdivision.Any ideas?

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