[TheForge] Hammer face dressing

[Paul Novorolsky]

I wasn't sure if the question was "what does dress the hammer mean?" or "why dress it after tempering?".

I'm a bit of a "literal thinker",  so I aometimes get confused.

I'm also old enough  to decide things for myself. So I chose to answer 
the first, mostly because I thought I could.

I consider myself an experienced  beginner, and not completely worthy of offering advice.
However, as I had recently spent a Sunday night surfing, and one my destinations was 
the ABANA educational sites, where there was some information about 
dressing your hammer. About 1/3 of the way down this: 
http://www.abana.org/downloads/controlled%20hand%20forging/CHF_11_part2.pdf 
you'll find some information about dressing your hammer.

I hope I was able to contribute as least something...

I'll leave the global warming question for Al Gore.


**Paul



Harry wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>    I occasionally see the phrase, "The face of the hammer has been
>    dressed after tempering". What the heck does that mean? And why
>    wasn't the face "dressed" before tempering? Wouldn't it have been
>    easier?
>    Enough questions, spent all day pushing snow. I am officially SICK OF
>    IT! Where is all that global warming all of those Henny Penny's at
>    the first annual "The sky is falling" convention in gay Paree were
>    squawking about? Dangit! that was a question too.
>
> Harry
> in Iowa
> in the snow
> Glad the power is back on
>