A beautiful hammer

It’s nice to have something that just feels right. I bet it’s happy to be where somebody appreciates it.

-- Quote from ebay tool listing: " Has nicks and dings wear and tear dust and dirt rust and pitting but in good working condition"

I think they are called tack hammer.

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blacksmith’s hammer

-- Bruce, Boise, ID

Bert, whats the weight and size ? more or less, like 6 oz, 16 ? same length as a regular claw hammer or ?

-- Glen, B.C. Canada

Welders and metal fabricators use that type of hammer for quick reshaping of thin metal.I believe they are called straight pein .

-- Ken from Ontario, Canada

Glen,
I am not sure of the dimensions.
The weight is about the same than a medium sized clam hammer.

-- Bert

The one I have was used as a rivetting hammer. Mine is about 7oz

About THE best hammer to drive small brads/nails with

And, about the perfect size to adjust most handplanes with. Sitting beside a 16oz claw.

I add the black tape more as a grip, than anything else.

-- A Planer? I'M the planer, this is what I use

That’s a pattern hammer in blacksmithing, it’s a type of pein hammer, a straight pein would be if the backside angled face were vertical not horizontal.

-- Nick, “I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” – Vincent Van Gogh

Thank you for all the answers.
I know that it never was used for blacksmithing as it looks like brand spanking new.

-- Bert

To be more accurate it seems that this is a German style pattern hammer;

http://www.centaurforge.com/Blacksmiths_Locksmiths-Hammers/products/163/

Until I came to this country I knew only French style pattern hammers.

This one is Swedish

-- Bert

Cross pein hammer.
Get used to using it. Took me a while with mine, but I use it a lot.
Bill

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Bill, Cross pen hammers are the only hammers I ever used before I came to this country.
The first time I saw a ball pen hammer I wondered how to use it.
To this day I never use the ball on a ball pen hammer and I still do not understand the use of the ball except to make holes in gaskets.

-- Bert

Life would be much less for me without animals and tools.

Beautiful tool.

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-- Bert

I made a handle for my single bit axe out of bois-d’arc.. Really enjoyed it… Even made the two angled metal wedges to really secure the head to wood..

That is a beautiful hammer..