Forging a Blacksmith’s Rounding Hammer

[@LocksCorner]

Great work matey!! truely a lovely piece of work!

[@handandhammer]

Thanks!

[@ForgingAheadArtisanBlacksmith]

Brandon you are an absolute inspiration to watch, I love the two hammers I got from you and use them regularly. I am glad to see you are doing well and back to making videos. I hope to see more of your content in the future. God bless you and your lovely Wife.

[@handandhammer]

Hey Mark, I’m glad that you’re enjoying the hammers! My wife and I really appreciate the kind words, and I hope that your business is doing well, too

[@Bottlemaker1]

I got one of your hammers earlier this year and I love it. Handle is comfortable as hell. Glad you are making videos keep it up

[@handandhammer]

I appreciate you reaching out! I’m glad to hear that the handle is comfortable, as you can see there’s a lot of steps to them but I think it’s worth it

[@juanboyd2895]

professional at work , thanks for sharing your talent

[@handandhammer]

@@juanboyd2895 I appreciate it, Juan!

[@diegoribeiro7513]

Awesome job man! Keep up the good work and keep videos coming!

[@handandhammer]

@@diegoribeiro7513 thanks! I’m planning on doing a video of forging flatters next

[@ThomasShue]

Very nice work young man!

[@handandhammer]

Thanks!

[@CMCustomKnifeWorks]

Absolutely OUTSTANDING!!

[@handandhammer]

Thanks man, you do some good work too, I really like what you did with your logo

[@CMCustomKnifeWorks]

@@handandhammer Thank you. I have been making knives for about 2 years. One of my goals is to make hammers and axes/hatchets as well as knives. I am going to purchase one of your straight peen hammers from Etsy in a few minutes. Well, my wife is, going to buy it for me, she just doesn't know it yet...LOL Question: What do you use for your punch lube?

[@handandhammer]

Haha well I trust you’ll enjoy using your new straight peen. I’m going to do a video soon showcasing how I forge that style. I’m sure you’re going to like tool and axe forging. I got started in blacksmithing by making knives and I’ve done axes as well and obviously hammers and I really enjoy the process. The punch lube I’m using is Fuch’s forge ease, you can get it at Coal Ironwork’s website. I’ve punched thousands of eyes and I can’t recommend it enough. I used to make my own lube from beeswax and graphite and this stuff is so much better

[@CMCustomKnifeWorks]

@handandhammer thank you. You definitely have amazing talent. You make it look way easier than I know it is. I'm waiting on getting a swage block before I dive into hammers, but I think about making them everyday. Yours will be the first maker produced hammers I have purchased. I look forward to using them!!

[@LittleGreyWolfForge]

I absolutely love the Purple Heart wedge… If it’s okay with you I might put that on my next hammer.

[@handandhammer]

@@LittleGreyWolfForge go for it! Purpleheart works great

[@lefty1999]

Bravo 👋amazing job

[@handandhammer]

Thanks, I appreciate it

[@AK-ContentCreatIon]

Wondeful!! Thanks for sharing!

[@handandhammer]

Thank you!

[@lenblacksmith8559]

Well done, some fantastic work there. And the tools you have are great, love that round belt sander you used for the handles. I can see you've put a lot into learning this craft. Love the finished hammers. What oil was it you put the hammers and handle into at the end. Was it linseed. ??

[@handandhammer]

Thanks, it’s been a long process of slowly building up my tooling and driving across states if needed when the right tool comes along. The inflatable drum sander is so underrated for smoothing out handles, it honestly saves me so much time. It came out of a carpenter’s union shop in the 90s

[@handandhammer]

Also, yes it’s pure linseed oil thinned with turpentine. It’s great to swell the wood in the eye of the hammer and has a bonus of helping protect the steel against rust

[@lenblacksmith8559]

@@handandhammer It's a beauty.

[@lenblacksmith8559]

@@handandhammer Ok yeah good stuff, linseed is so good for wood.

[@stevegrillot]

I have the same bader grinder I got from my dad, best thing I did was install a 7 inch drive wheel, it really woke it up

[@handandhammer]

@@stevegrillot nice, is it also 2hp? I’ll have to measure my drive wheel and see what diameter it is

[@stevegrillot]

@handandhammer yes, it'd an original bader b3, I think the original wheel is 5.5 inch, I got my 7 from housemade industrial, you have to make sure it's the larger shaft diameter as bader grinders are a beast of their own

[@ThomasShue]

I’m in KC and would love to buy a rounding hammer. $100 get one? I can pick it up and save shipping costs

[@handandhammer]

I wouldn’t be able to sell one at that cost, but if you’d ever like to check out my shop you’re welcome to visit

[@CredibleHulk10]

My 4 year old could do it with these tools. 😲

[@christophersherratt7299]

We did just that as young Lads we used to compare grip and the size that we developed in arms and shoulders then what we could crush with just shear power of the grip LOL MAN'S WORK WITH CALLUSES ALL OVER YOUR HANDS ✋️ WHEN PEOPLE WORKED HARD FOR A LIVING IT WOULD BE CALLED STONE AGE TODAY

[@練正男]

其有實用,美工,技術

[@christophersherratt7299]

Ps the good old 60s/70s

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

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[@ДальнобойвАмерике-ъ4т]

Where can I buy this bs

[@handandhammer]

@@ДальнобойвАмерике-ъ4т my website, handandhammer.us If you’re outside the US my Etsy shop is easiest to order from www.etsy.com/shop/HandandHammers?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=860153917&from_page=listing

[@christophersherratt7299]

AM SORRY TO SAY THIS BUT THAT IS NOT BLACKSMITHING ALL THE HAMMER HEAD SHOULD OF BEEN DONE BY HAND NOT HYDRAULIC PRESS THAT'S TRUE TO THE ART OF THE CRAFT WHEN YOU HAVE DONE IT FOR 40 + YEARS THEN YOU CAN USE THE PRESS if the press was broken what would you do then

[@handandhammer]

@@christophersherratt7299 if my press was broken I would fix it, I’ve done it many times. If you’d like to make a living forging 2” tool steel by hand you’re welcome to do that. That’s how I started, I made my first dozen or so tools with only the sledge hammer, but for it to be sustainable open die forging was a must since I work alone

[@LittleGreyWolfForge]

Buddy it’s still blacksmithing, he just knows how to use tools. You have never worked like this before and I can tell. Edit- he obviously works without a striker, there is no way he could have a buisness selling hammers like that all alone. No one could, no matter how long they have been blacksmithing.