Thread: Hammer weight...

Yup I'm still using a spoon as my hammer when I re-pin a blade... it's getting old and my wife is getting peeved at the slight flattening on a couple spoons... oops!

I'm looking at some hammers on http://japanwoodworker.com/product.a...&dept_id=12902 I really like this bugger but is it about the right weight? I'll be polishing up the face if it's not already.

Jewlers hammers are light weight but I don't know what that is just off hand.

I actually played with that hammer last weekend when I was at my boat (alameda Marina, 100yds from Japan Woodworker).

Nice balance. Beautiful. Reminds me of a Shuredge razor. Or my Sabian hand-hammered cymbals.

Something about hand-worked metal really does it for me.

Paul

Honestly, that looks like a lot of money to pay just to peen pins. I don't think the hammer size and weight are the biggest issues. Just the pressure you exert in my opinion. The small ball peen types are just nice because you can see what you are doing better. Technically you could use any hammer and do the same thing as long as you are very careful with the heavy ones!

Just go to a hardware store and get a 0.5lb ballpeen hammer. They cost like $10 when they're not on sale.

I got a 2 oz jewelers hammer for $7 I'm very happy with. If you go to the beads&glitter section of craft shops you might find one. Just don't let anyone see you there.

I've got a 2-oz. ball peen, and I don't think it's heavy enough. I don't think 2.6 oz. would be either.

You my try this link. http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(f12...M=CHASE-HAMMER

It is a Chasing Hammer for use while engraving.

personally i think you need something just a tad bigger. take the following Fat Max. with just the right overhead blow, you can gingerly peen the pin trough your anvil. and, after you have cracked your scales you have worked so hard on, you can lovingly crush them into little bity bits.

vgod

The heavier the better - multitasking is where it's at Chef. Grab a sledge - nothing like Popeye forearms to go with those tight pins.

James.

I was thinking about one of these: