[TheForge] Flatter vs. set hammer

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

It is a shearing effect.The edge of a set hammer has a smaller 
radius ( sharper corner) than most other blunt hot work tools.
It brings to mind an image of earnest blacksmiths wielding 
single-jacks and set hammers to shear whole flocks of sheep, 
pinned against the edges of anvils, on misty green hillsides.
Or maybe not....pf

GHS wrote:
> Harry, I have never done it, but the description sounds like the flatter 
> is being used like the second shear blade or a chisel.
> 
> Mike Graf
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