[TheForge] Drift?

[IowaHarry]

Hi All,

Being new to blacksmithing I am unfamiliar with the concept of drifting. 
At work I am familiar with the iron workers drift pin. A fairly hefty 
lump of steel tapering from approximately 1/4 to 3/8ths of an inch at 
the tip to the fat end near 2 inches being 14 to 16 inches long. I have 
some fairly large scrap stock I thought I might make into hammers and 
handled punches. Is this the type of drift I need to do this or is a 
hammer drift a special tool?



thanks, Harry