Brazeal style hammer eye punch

[Sam Salvati]

Worked this down from 1 1/4" round 1045 all by hand, as powerhammer use is suspended until the noise problem neighbor moves out. It is based on a design by Brian Brazeal, a tool used for making the initial hole in the hammer stock for the eye. I forged this one, and it goes along with a large tapered drift for drifting the eye to final shape which i'll get a picture of also, forged from the same 1 1/4 1045 but I did it at the Peter's Valley pig roast on the Say Mak.