[TheForge] offset pein hammer

[Michael H. Murphy]

A friend of mine built a hammer with two piens (peens?): both were at 45-deg
angles.  With the bar in one hand and the hammer in the other, he could turn
it one way and strike with the pien perpendicular to the bar; turn it other
way -- without changing position -- and the pien was striking parallel to
the bar.  He calls it his "magic hammer".

Murf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of richard maynard
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 7:24 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] offset pein hammer
> 
> 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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