[TheForge] Blacksmith Sledge

[Jerry Frost]

There's a certain weirdness going on in the electronic 
aether right now. I had a couple messages show up out 
of order yesterday; 15 mins. AFTER the list had 
received and posted the first message, it posted the 
second one ahead of it. It happened on two different 
lists on two different servers too.

Anyway, I have a straight pein smith's sledge weighing 
18lbs. I have swung it full on but that was a few years 
ago and only did it for the educational experience. 
Didn't do it over my anvil either, the Sodorfors 
wouldn't like a miss with that beast at all at all. I 
like her intact myself.

The Youtube video of the anchor makers shows a bunch of 
guys swinging straight pein sledges around this size. 
Some have obviously home made handles longer than store 
bought by a fair margin.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>


> This is a repost (is theforge having problems? this 
> was refused last time.)
>
> Does it have a handle?  If it does how long is it? 
> Some strikers used to
> swing hammers (sledges) that could weigh 20 pounds. 
> 12 pounds would be more
> common.  A. P. Billingsly when he was a young man 
> would swing a 20 pounder.
>
>
> By the way, he used to swing that 20 pound sledge 
> "round house style".  Full
> overhead swing, not just the typical striker swing.
>
> Dave Smucker
>