Video of how I made a straightening hammer. AND IT WORKS!

[SolarStorm50]

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Is that you making the hammer?

 

[SolarStorm50]

Is that you making the hammer?

Yup the original me! I guess I should clarify. I bought the ball peen, and tungsten balls. I mounted the ball in the ball peen (thats a lot of balls...)

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I have bigger balls than you do.
I have TC ball hammers with TC ball sizes of1/4", 3/8", 1/2", and 3/4". Besides an occasional warp repair, I use them for tsuchime, and decorative work on copper/brass/silver/mokume objet d'art. The big one can raise a bowl fast. While a normal ball peen would work on these tasks, the TC ball leaves a perefctly smooth divot.

 

[SolarStorm50]

I have bigger balls than you do.

Thats not really a discussion I want to have here...

I do like the idea of having a few sizes. Wanted to try it first before ordering more. I did a order cross pean tungsten and brass head as well