[TheForge] offset pein hammer

[richard maynard]

My tutor has one that he made himself which he uses for 'fullering' down 
against a rounded corner of the anvil.

The offset means that you can hold a bar in one hand and the hammer in the 
other without having to have the handle line up with or at 90 degrees to the 
bar.

Cheers,

Rich.

Quoting TOOL GYPSY <toolgypsy at hotmail.com>:

> 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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