[TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer

[Peter Hirst]

Why non-blacksmith?  I can't imagine that a half hour or so with with an 
angle grinder and a couple of different sanders couldn't render the striking 
surfaces servicable.  Just what do you mean by "dressed"  with a torch?  Is 
the face or peen deeply cut?   If not, it doesn't sound like even deep 
pitting couldn't be ground out?  Was it annealed by the torch? Am I missing 
something?

Keziah


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Snow" <shsnow at mindspring.com>
To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Sponsored by ABANA" 
<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer


> if you are splitting wood, you can use it to drive in a wedge on the 
> tough-to-split logs.
>
> steve snow
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net>
>>Sent: Mar 3, 2008 10:24 AM
>>To: theforge <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>Subject: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer
>>
>>While over at a friends house last week I spotted a an old rusty hammer 
>>head
>>shaped like a cross pien hammer.  My friend had dug it up while cleaning 
>>out
>>a shed on the farm and really didn't have a need for it, so she gave it to
>>me.  It was badlly pitted and had been dressed with an Oxy/Acetiline 
>>torch.
>>I spent some time cleaning it up yesterday and because of it's condition
>>there were no markings left to identify it.  I put it on the scale and it
>>weighs 6 pounds.
>>
>>Is there a non-blacksmithng application for a heavy cross pien hammer? 
>>The
>>only thing I could figure was that it might have been used to break up old
>>concrete.
>>
>>Robert Ehrenberger
>>Shelbyville, Mo.
>>eforge at centurytel.net
>>573-633-2010
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