dogs head hammer

[jdm61]

Stacy, I sure wouldn't buy and modify a new one as they are crazy expensive nowadays, oft time as much or more than a purpose built dogs head hammer when you can find one.

Most flatters I have bought cost very little .... but they were well used. I also don't recall ever using a flatter ... well, at least not for what it was made to do. I would bet most are used like big flat headed hammers.

I am one who enjoys finding things to repurpose or change to have a new and better life. An unused flatter cut into a useful forging hammer is a win for me.

Set those old flatters free and let them enjoy life as a loved dog's head hammer.

 

[jdm61]

I was just fooling around, but it looks like they sell between 35 and 85 bucks on ebay. I make dogs head hammers and sell them on here on occasion. I drill and mill the eye slot but a friend is storing some punches and drifts at my place so I will give that a try soon.

If I like how this small ones works, I may get a bigger one from you at some point. I just want to try out something resembling one of these hammers before I drop "new" money. I have a bin full square cutoffs of Hanson sourced W2, so if I had the skills and tools, I might have been tempted to do something really silly and wasteful.