Forging hammer porn

[premmington]

Farriers Driving Nail Hammer | EasyTrimLondon Tools

Farriers Driving Hammers come in different weights and sizes and are used by Farriers to hammer nails to fit horse shoes - the claw removes nails with ease.

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[winchman]

Well I never knew so many hammers are missing from my collection

 

[Maker]

How bloody much?!?

I'm all for buying the best tools but a hammer is just a weight on a stick, who's paying upwards of a hundred quid for one?

 

[winchman]

How bloody much?!?

I'm all for buying the best tools but a hammer is just a weight on a stick, who's paying upwards of a hundred quid for one?

I have quite a few hammers and I do feel some are better than others, but its all down to personal preference.
I am a whitehouse man
I do have a very nice one that was made for me and its great, but I do still like them all!
Try tin bashing with a Chinese hammer then again with a Whitehouse, Sykes or Snap on one

 

[bourbon]

How bloody much?!?

I'm all for buying the best tools but a hammer is just a weight on a stick, who's paying upwards of a hundred quid for one?

If you are using one all day every day, you have the one that suits you the best. (and tools are tax deductible)

 

[h-dom]

I sell proper handmade hammers (as do a couple others on here I think) for £70 odd, so to see what looks like a mass produced hammer for £100+ is frustrating. Although I see it all the time.

 

[500e]

Even changing the handle can ruin the feel
Put up some pictures @h-dom you know we like them

 

[premmington]

Even changing the handle can ruin the feel
Put up some pictures @h-dom you know we like them

Yeah... +1 for pics please.

 

[h-dom]

pictures

Happy to

 

[Brad93]

How bloody much?!?

I'm all for buying the best tools but a hammer is just a weight on a stick, who's paying upwards of a hundred quid for one?

Top shoemakers, competition farriers, competition blacksmiths.

It makes a difference.

 

[h-dom]

This is one I made for myself and my go to hammer I use daily

3lb with a fat cross pein and rounding square face.

And shows how a handle can change the way it feels. Big bulb on the end to stop it taking a ballistic trajectory. I tend to have quite a loose grip otherwise my forearm tires quickly.

With the heat the last month all of my handles have dried out and the heads loosened, don't know if anyone else has found the same. A soak in linseed oil overnight tightens them back up but I've ended up putting another wedge in a lot of them.

 

[Brad93]

I think I've shared these before. Made by a pal called Leon. Farrier day to day but bloody good in the forge, some of the pattern steel and titanium, cupronickel stuff he has made is incredible.

 

[h-dom]

I think I've shared these before. Made by a pal called Leon. Farrier day to day but bloody good in the forge, some of the pattern steel and titanium, cupronickel stuff he has made is incredible.

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Amazing, thanks for sharing, I'd not seen them before.

 

[500e]

A old farrier I now kept a bucket of horse pee, said the salt crystals in it. Stopped handles coming loose when in hot weather

 

[h-dom]

A old farrier I now kept a bucket of horse pee, said the salt crystals in it. Stopped handles coming loose when in hot weather

I'll pass thanks

 

[steve t]

I want to have a go at making a cross pein hammer. What's best steel to use and roughly what size is the punch and drit you use @h-dom

 

[h-dom]

I want to have a go at making a cross pein hammer. What's best steel to use and roughly what size is the punch and drit you use @h-dom

I use en19 50mm round bar, but en8 would be fine. Get mine off eBay 1m lengths

Punch is h13 in the fly press and drift is an old breaker bit forged and ground to shape to fit the handles I use. Think it's roughly 32mmx24mm oval shape. But depends what handle you use or if you make your own then you can make it whatever size you want.

 

[Brad93]

EN9 is good

 

[Maker]

Would EN24 be any good? I've got some 50mm round, no forge but I could machine it into a tidy hammer.

 

[Brad93]

Would EN24 be any good? I've got some 50mm round, no forge but I could machine it into a tidy hammer.

EN24 likely to go too hard and ping bits off I think.