I want a Salvati hammer!

Don't forget guys, Tai Goo has a similar beauty of a hammer. There are tough choices to make...perhaps two?
Dean
 
deloid said:
Don't forget guys, Tai Goo has a similar beauty of a hammer. There are tough choices to make...perhaps two?
Dean
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Good point dean.

The difference between the two is:

Tai's hammers are first case hardened with Pixie dust and then quenched. I have heard that his quench media is heavily infused with tobacco residue. The forge he has is controlled by Ukulele music. The wilder he plays ,the hotter it gets.

Sam's hammers are made with brute strength and dumb luck, and the word control has never been used when talking about Sam forging things.
The tobacco/nicotine infusion in Sam's hammers comes from him spitting his snuff juice in the fire while forging.


Despite the drastically different approach to hammer production, both make a first class hammer.
 
Unless I'm mistaken, Tai's hammer's are stock removal/machined (which always struck me as a pinch contradictory for a guy that was claiming to be preserving the art of forging, but stranger stuff has happened).

Perhaps it's a bit of bad form to be mentioning or promoting someone else's products in a thread obviously intended to generate momentum for another, deloid, but I suppose I could let that slide, too.
 
bladsmth said:
Tai's hammers are first case hardened with Pixie dust and then quenched. I have heard that his quench media is heavily infused with tobacco residue. The forge he has is controlled by Ukulele music. The wilder he plays ,the hotter it gets.
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I can't get the good Pixie dust anymore. They must be having problems in quality control. I might have a deal going with the Munchkins for some of their star dust. If that falls through, as last resort, I’ll talk to the Fairies and see what they have. Their prices are usually pretty high though.
 
Actually, I have quit smoking thanks to Alysia's help, and even when smoking found snuff and most other forms of tobacco quite disgusting. I would say that 70 tons would be brute force, however using a press such as the ones Robert Eggerling makes it would be an insult to call it anything other then pure finesse, as they have the control of your own finger if it could handle 70 tons of force.
 
Poor form talking about someone else's hammers in this thread.....
Mace
 
I don't think it was meant that way, so no harm, no foul. Let's just keep on the topic of Sam's hammers.

Witnessing Sam work, I'd say there's very little brutishness and far more finess involved.
 
bladsmth said:
Good point dean.

The difference between the two is:

Tai's hammers are first case hardened with Pixie dust and then quenched. I have heard that his quench media is heavily infused with tobacco residue. The forge he has is controlled by Ukulele music. The wilder he plays ,the hotter it gets.

Sam's hammers are made with brute strength and dumb luck, and the word control has never been used when talking about Sam forging things.
The tobacco/nicotine infusion in Sam's hammers comes from him spitting his snuff juice in the fire while forging.


Despite the drastically different approach to hammer production, both make a first class hammer.
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Love this post Stacy!!
 
I just used my Sammer a bit yesterday (I think it's only the 3rd time I've been able to use it since I got it at Ashokan) and I have to say that even though it's a longer handle than I'm used to (I'm a Hofi guy) I enjoy it quite a bit. Now if only Sam could build some of his forging skill into each hammer the stuff I'm making would look better :)

-d
 
deker said:
I just used my Sammer a bit yesterday (I think it's only the 3rd time I've been able to use it since I got it at Ashokan) and I have to say that even though it's a longer handle than I'm used to (I'm a Hofi guy) I enjoy it quite a bit. Now if only Sam could build some of his forging skill into each hammer the stuff I'm making would look better :)

-d
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I'm a Hofi guy as well but I'm also a tool addict :)
 
I was just using my Hofi yesterday, had to build a little fence and needed to put a bunch of nails in.

HAHAHA just kidding I love my Hofi too.
 
Also, hammers are GONE! The next batch will be ready in a month or two at the latest. Going to be cross peens and cutler's next time around!
 
I have a stupid question. Does Sam have a website? I know he is working full time as a blacksmith, then how do customers know how to order from him?
 
Some hammer porn....:D
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No website! Not yet atleast though I am very google-able. I kind of feel websites are impersonal, I like to take it to the streets!!! Shakin hands and bringin it right to the people.
 
Since this is Shop Talk, and this is a year and a half old thread, I don't think that talking about other makers hammers is bad form. The OP wasn't even Sam. In The Exchange, that would be different.

The only reason this thread wasn't been locked in the beginning was that there was little reference to selling. Shop Talk is for equipment and knife making discussion...which is what is going on. Discussing one source vs another and comparing equipment, like hammers, is exactly what this site is about. I agree that the OT chit-chat was a distraction, but since the thread was a resurrection,and the original poster hasn't taken issue with it, probably no harm was done.

That said,
Tai,
Forget faerie dust. It has been banned in California, and is under investigation by the EPA as a possible hallucinogenic and mind-altering substance....you will likely never see it again.
I know you used it in the 60's, and look at you....obviously there are no side effects.....so I don't know what the big deal is.
 
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