Smiths have modified their tools to fit the job. I will risk feeding your tool acquisition disorder by suggesting you find a straight pein hammer. Peins come in all shapes for specific jobs moving metal. A ball pein makes a round deformation where a straight pein makes a linear one. Each type moves metal in a desired direction. If you modify your hammer make sure the corners are all smoothly radius-ed then you won't have sharp cuts in your steel that are harder to smooth out.
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Cross, Diagonal & Straight Pein Hammers has a lot of good examples.