[TheForge] uri hammer

[Grover Richardson]

I was incomplete in my description.  Equal weight hammer head and equal
length of hammer handle where you grab it to swing it.  Personally, I don't
see that much difference in the different European pattern hammers if they
are equal in weight and are also held at the same place on the hammer
handle.  Well, other than regional/national differences<G>.

>*>-----Original Message-----
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>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
>*>Jeffrey Polaski
>*>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:52 PM
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>*>Subject: RE: [TheForge] uri hammer
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>*>So would a lighter head... I'm not sure I see you point. 
>*>
>*>I'm not an expert or anything, but, to get a conversation 
>*>going, please allow me to fish into my vast pool of 
>*>ignorance and pull out a couple of thoughts to flop about 
>*>the conversational deck... 
>*>
>*>It seems to me that the important thing is that there's only so much
>*>*power* a person can put into a swing, so it's really more a 
>*>question of
>*>*balancing* at least the following:
>*>	hammer weight
>*>	face size and shape
>*>	speed of the blow
>*>	handle shape
>*>
>*>I think you need a hammer that lets you get a good, 
>*>*controllable* "snap" at the end, but isn't so light you 
>*>need to move it a light speed to deliver a powerful blow and 
>*>isn't so heavy that you tear up your joints and muscles 
>*>moving it around. 
>*>
>*>Also the handle should swell out nicely where you usually 
>*>grip it, to make it easier to hold. A straight handle, I've 
>*>found, makes my hands tired.
>*>
>*>Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that there is one 
>*>ultimate hammer that will do everything. Each smith will 
>*>settle on five or six that do what they want 95% of the time. 
>*>
>*>The hammers I use the most are:
>*>
>*>	1000 gram Swiss-pattern
>*>	~1000g. rounding-hammer
>*>	500g. French-pattern 
>*>	1500g. French-pattern
>*>	Ball-pien for smacking other tools
>*>
>*>I like the long cross pien of the Swiss hammer because it 
>*>lets me get into the "nooks and crannies" of my work more 
>*>then a short pien does. I also use the long cross pien to 
>*>pry things apart, for example to bend out s-curves. I think 
>*>it might be improved by making the face a little smaller, 
>*>though. Or maybe adding a little more crown.
>*>
>*>Well, this is what I've figured out doing a limited amount 
>*>of smithing...
>*>
>*>
>*>
>*>Jeff Polaski
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>*>University of California, Irvine
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>*>-----Original Message-----
>*>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On >*>Behalf Of Dan 
>*>Tull
>*>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:09 PM
>*>To: Sponsored by ABANA
>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] uri hammer
>*>
>*>A longer handle would generate more head speed.
>*>
>*>
>*>----- Original Message ----- 
>*>From: "Grover Richardson" <grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
>*>To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>*>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:58 PM
>*>Subject: RE: [TheForge] uri hammer
>*>
>*>
>*>I must ask the question.  Not trying to be a smart ###, but 
>*>I am curious. Why would a hammer of equal weight move more 
>*>metal if in a different design? Seems to me that the mass on 
>*>the end of the stick/handle is the same?
>*>
>*>
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