The Fhammerly Portrait

[Brian Ayres]

Bump!

This was a great thread. Anymore bladesmiths want to add their hammers? Come on Sam, show us some hammer porn!

 

[William Schrade]

Hey Folks... yes... another hammer thread from me.... I just love em!!!
I'm really happy with the group of hammers currently have. My handles have evolved to a short(8-9") elongated octagonal cross-section. It is very similar to the Hofi-style. I rub a bit of beeswax on them to add grip so my hand doesn't have to work as hard to maintain control.

From Left to Right...
The first two are my French Hammers. 3.3lb and 2.2lb. I have been using these the longest. They are my all purpose hammers. If I could only have two, these are the ones.
The second two are my drawing hammers. 3.5lbs each. These guys draw out length FAST. They are modified 4lb mauls. Square faces with generous rads on the edges and RH/LH diagonal peens.
The third pair are my Japanese-type rounding hammers. The big one was made from a 6lb sledge and weighs in at 4.25lb. The smaller was made by Kenon Rain and slightly modified by me (sorry, Kenan, your work is great, bro) to reestablish the weight at 2.25Lbs. These two spead out steel like crazy but don't have the directional control that the square faced ones do.
The last three consist of a homemade Beveling hammer, a Ball-peen and a Rough Faced Masonary hammer to add texture where needed.

They all serve a purpose and get used regularily. There is one hammer not pictured. It is a regular 3lb maul and does all my dirty work like driving punches and chisels.

Please post your own hammers and tell us what you use them for.

The hammer that's missing, is that the "Hoffa" Style?

 

[Rick Marchand]

The hammer that's missing, is that the "Hoffa" Style?

Hoffa is the missing Teamster, Hofi is the missing hammer. lol.

The 3rd and 4th from the left are Hofi inspired.

Here is a more recent picture of the family with a few new ones in there somewhere...

This is my new heavy hitter... 8lbs with a rounding head and large diameter cross peen...

 

[Chris Meyer]

This one is my favorite hammer. I mostly use it for forging in the blade bevels:

I use this one when I have a lot of metal to move:

I like these Swedish hammers for general forging work. I have two different sizes:

I bought this Cutler's hammer from Bruce Wilcock. I love the look of the hammer, but I find that the short handle gets my hand closer to the hot steel than I like: