Finished up this hammer hawk last week. Forged from 1045 and hung on a hickory handle.2yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Jack o hammer finished up. 4lb 6oz head with a short 11 hickory handle. Happy Halloween.2yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Forged up a set of garden tools yesterday. These started out as 6 of 1' square mild steel.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A few tools finished up the other day. What would you make with them?3yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
2lb 10oz and 3lb 10oz hexy rounding hammers finished up today. Osage handles with padauk wedge.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A couple hammers finished up today. Osage orange wood for the handles.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
In these strange times it's good to be equipped. A tool like this can have many uses.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A 2.5lb rounding hammer finished up today with a hickory stick.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A 9.5lb soft hex sledge finished up today. Gave this one some hammer texture to give it some character. Hickory handle.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Happy Halloween! Forged this thing up today from some 1 square bar. Bath in muriatic to remove scale. Soaked the pumpkin in some hydrogen peroxide and water for a min. Gave it a force rust look.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Hot hammers going through normalizing cycles. 3lb cross peen and 4lb rounding hammer.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Tools I have forged and finished over the past few weeks. Ready to pack up and ship out. Still learning and experimenting.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Finished a batch of rounding hammers today! Time to forge some more!4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Another war hammer. This one coming in at 10lbs. Mild steel. Lots of striking on this one.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Finished up this batch of hammers today! All 1045 steel with ash handles.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A couple of 3lb 1045 hex rounding hammers forged up this morning. Hand punch and drifted.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A couple of rounding hammers born from fire today. Starting stock was 2 square 1045.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Hammers ground, heat treated and tempered today. Will get started on handles tomorrow.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Rounding hammers finished up today. 1045 steelbwith hickory handles.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A 3.5lb rounding hammer shipped to a customer today. Sometimes I don't want to send them out. This was one of them. It's a really good weight to swing.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
5.5lb sledge and 2lb 10oz right hand diagonal peen forged up last week. 1045 and hickory handles.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A couple tools finished up today. Both were forged out of 2 round 1045. Flatter has a hardened face and soft striking end. The drift is left normalized.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Forged and finished a few more tools today. Makes for a nice little set.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
That finishes up my work week. Time to clean the shop and get ready for next week.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Forged another shovel because why not. This started as 6 of 1 round.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
It's been a busy few days of forging. Now the shitty part. Grinding! Then back to fun with handle work. Gonna forge a few more Sunday.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Hammers forged up this week. Ground to 120 grit, heat treated and tempered. Time to fit them with handles and send em out.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Hammers in the works. 2.5 and 3lb of 1045. Rough ground and heat treated. Will get them tempered tomorrow.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Productive day in the shop! Finished some hammer eye punches and flatters with hickory handles. Then forged up a pair of dog's head hammers and got them finished with purple heart and Osage handles.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Wrought iron body, 1045 faces forge welded on. Purple heart handle with ash wedge. Just a little over 3lb head weight. My 200th hammer.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Got a few hammers heat treated, tempered and handled today. Also, finished up a hater eye drift.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Solid 10hr day of work. All forged from 1045. My first time making a stump/hardy anvil. Came out to 4lb 7oz.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Got some work done today! Grind work is my least favorite. But it is so rewarding to see the final product. 2lb-3.5lb hammers. 1045 steel and hickory handles. Proper photos will be taken tomorrow.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Hammers finished up today. Still have a few more to handle. Will get them done this weekend.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A few tools I've made recently. Taking these to the high desert hammer in oct 19 in Victorville CA.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Forged up a 2lb hammer hawk today. 1045 steel. Hammer on one side sharpness on the other. Call them hammer hawks because it has a hammer eye shape and hammer handle.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Forged and finished this 4lb rounder today. Also managed to forge a center from A33.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
A pair of center punches. Forged from 4 of 1 round 4140. I enjoy working in twos.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Small batch of hammers finished up. Couple straight peens, a cross peen, diagonal peen, and a few rounders. Osage orange, hickory, and ash.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
I've seen alot of people say I Wana make....but I don't have a press or power hammer. You don't need it! My press is currently out of commission as I am Upgrading some things on it. So I decided to make a hammer like I use too. All by hand! Just me,my hammer and anvil. 2lb 6oz french cross peen.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Forged this hammer up yesterday. Starting billet weight was 5lb 1oz. Final weight was 4lb 7oz. Lost 10oz from scale and grinding!4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
2lb 6oz french inspired cross peen. Curly white oak handle with red oak wedge. Forged all by hand.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Forged 4 2.5lb rounders and started two 3lb and 2 flatters. Will get them finished tomorrow.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
1.5lb rounding hammer forged and mostly finished today. Hung on a babinga wood handle. Hand sanded the handle to 600 grit.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Finished 13.5lb dogs head. 29 hickory handle. My biggest hammer yet! I call it HARD LABOR.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
10lb hex hand cannon! 13 white oak handle. Mild steel! These are great for driving drifts or punches. The face will dent and need to be dressed eventually. But this helps the tool you are beating on last a lot longer.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
3 striking anvils drifted today. 12x5x2 a36 steel. Drilled a 7/8hole and then used a home made 4140 square drift to open them up. We were able to get them done in one heat. Thanks to a home made press. A36 is soft steel and will not chip or break when someone miss strikes with a big sledge.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
I got a hot date with the belt grinder coming up. Not a date I look forward too.5yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
Czech style cross peens forged up today. First time attempting this style. It's a fun one to forge.4yr ⋅ WhiskeyTurtleForge ⋅ r/Blacksmith
