Body work tools

[Steinerj]

Does anyone know or willing to take a guess what steel body work tools are made of. Would they make a decent forging hammer or maybe a hawk?


Thanks
Jon

 

[birdog4]

Jon, most body hammers are too light for forging. Might be alright for a finishing hammer. They would work fine for armor or other light metalwork.
No idea what composition dollies are but they must be high carbon.

 

[Deweyknives]

Good hammers,good steel. Cheap hammers,cheap steel. You can get $5 hammers or you can pay $100 for some. Same thing with dollys. Snap-On & Martin are great hammers but still don't know what the steel is. Like any unknown steel, it'd be a 'crap shoot'!