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This would be great for making fuller blades like these
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You could grind a curved one also

I know it helps at the moment with my current very under powered (1/4hp) hobby belt grinder, as it took me about 1.5 hours to rough hollow my first blade to a pre-heat treat thickness of about 2mm &...

only time will tell lads, this may get used for less time than it took to make it yet or it may become a favorite.

also looking at making a straight peen hammer since while searching the workshop...

The intention is for hollow hammering razors and or stretching out steel on what ever I forge
Mainly the same as the cross peen but just means less rotation of the job or my arms to get the angles...

not much grinding all done with a 5" angle grinder (I should add)
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I cut the corners off with a very thin 1mm cutting disk,

then did a bit of final shaping with a standard 1/4' thick...

thought I would add this for anyone interested
made my own diagonal peen hammer
Started with a 1.8kg/3.9lb square mallet ($15 from Bunning's)
marked each end to give me a Left & Right hand...