DANCING FROG FORGE

Traverse City, Michigan

This page displays the various styles of hammers and tools made at the Forge, All hammers have hickory handles and are secured with wood and steel wedges

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Last Update:

December 30, 2009   

Fire Starter Kits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Left & right diagonals of 1060 steel

 

 

 

 

Cutler's hammer H13 steel;

 Rounding hammer O1;

Left diagonal 1060;

 Cross pein O1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2# cross pein of 4340

 steel        

 

 

 

2.75# straight pein of 4340 steel 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marlin spikes.....used in rope splicing and knot tying

 

 

 

 

 

 

Straight pein 3# O1

 

 

 

 

 

 

A right handed diagonal pein hammer 3.5 lb

O1 tool steel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross pein of O1 just  under 3#

 

 

 

 

Right hand diagonal peen hammer of O1 tool steel, 2.5 lb. 

 

 

 

 

Rounded face and pein, sometimes called a leaf hammer,

O1 tool steel

 

 

Knee Tongs

 

 

Punches for hammer eyes made from H13 steel with mild steel handles

Left hand diagonal pein hammer, 1060 steel 3 lb

 

 

 

 

hammers sent to Australia (Sold)

 

Left hand diagonal pein hammer           

2lb 1oz, medium carbon steel           

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hammer made from the connector end of a "sucker" rod.  Novelty looking, but very practical for use, hammers may be made from many materials

hammers made of pattern welded steel (aka damascus). 

 

2 small hammers, 1045 steel 15 and 16 ounces

 

2# double diagonal pein,

 4140 steel

A straight pein and right diagonal pein, 2 lbs

      

Hammers reworked from factory heads, heat treated and rehandled

 

 

 

Trio of Hammers, 3lb14oz and 6lb8oz Rounding, and 1lb8oz RH Diagonal

 

  

Rocking Climbing Hammer   

 

A double face hammer, straight

and cross faces 1" wide

 

Card holders from railroad

spikes

 

 

War Hammer of O1 tool steel, spike pein and rounded face

 

 

 

 

guillotine tool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shop logo stamped into the

 hammer heads

 

 

 

Scrolling Tongs from rr spikes, painted

 

Tongs made from horse shoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right hand diagonal or 1/4 pein,  1.5# of 1045

 

Matched set of 4 Hammers: cross, left & right diagonal, straight peins

 

From L to R: 2 hammer eye drifts,

1 tomahawk eye drift, 2 hammer eye drifts

   

           Dividers...also called a compass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quadra-Peen #1 has a cross, straight,

left and right diagonal pein 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quadra-Peen #2 has a right hand

diagonal and #3 has a left hand diagonal

 

 

 

 

 

Quadra-Peen #5 (and last)

(#4 was sold and photo not available)

 

 

 

 

Jimmy's sucker rod

 hammer

 

Bottom row:  2.5 lb RH Diagonal O1 steel,

 3 lb straight peen O1 steel,

1.5 lb cat head medium carbon steel,

 2.5 lb reworked cross peen

 

2 lb factory made hammers, reworked and heat treated, to be  rehandled in hickory.  Left and right diagonals, straight and  cross peens

2 lb factory made hammers, reworked and heat treated, to be  rehandled in hickory.  Left and right diagonals, straight and

 cross peens

 

 

 

 

 

Hacksaw frames with decorative twists and scrolls

Scrolling tongs

 

 

 

        A pair of tongs with a dragon head for the working end

 

 

Hoof Picks made from horseshoes and RR Spikes

Without name or initials stamped

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           
           

 

 

 

 

email: richardthibeau@dancingfrogforge.com 


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