Cross Peen Hammer Restoration - Part 2

Описание: There are lots of different hammers out there, designed for all kinds of jobs. Some are a little more broadly used, such as sledge hammers, while others are very specific, like a cobblers hammers. Cross peen hammers come in a variety of shapes and sizes from heavy, blunt ones used by blacksmiths to draw out metal, to fine ones used by sheet metal workers and others to get into tight places.

This video - in two parts - is about an old cross peen hammer I found in a house clean out, that may have originally been used for metalwork, and has been beat on a little, and has a short wooden replacement handle, with some cross hatching on the handle, I assume to improve the grip.

I reshaped the head in Part 1 into a joiners hammer, sometimes called a Warrington or English Pattern hammer, likely after the town in England with that name. The cross peen is used for starting small nails or bards in woodwork and cabinet making, so while it looks like a machinists or metal working hammer, it’s a woodworking hammer.

In Part 2, I'm reusing and old hickory handle from a claw hammer, and customizing it to fit the redesigned head. The old handle has a pale yellow paint finish on it, and the metal wedge is still loosely stuck in the end. I'll save the metal wedge for something else, and use wood cross wedges for this hammer. Most of the hammer heads I've fixed up in the past have handmade handles, typically out of oak, and I cut them in a traditional straight hammer handle form, but leave them square, and knock off the corners, giving them an 8-sided, faceted cross section, which I like. I'm going to facet this rounded handle the same way.

Leave a comment and tell me what you think.