At 8:44 PM -0500 4/30/98, NLutz10449 wrote:
>>Are you sure you strike the iron with the wedged end? I have this vague
>>recollection of watching someone use such a device but the wedge is placed
>against
>>the iron and the other end is struck with another hammer. that would explain
>why
>>the handle isn't very substantial, it wouldn't need to be if it were used in
>this
>>way.
>
>Absolutely.  What you say is correct.  I didn't word it right in my posting.
>The wedge-shaped hammer is stationary and struck with a slightly bigger hammer
>that looks more like a sledge.  You wouldn't have much accuracy if you swung
>the wedge.  Unforturnately I don't know the names of the different hammers.
>The tools were always in the cellar or garage when I was a kid.  I've seen
>blacksmithing, but I've never done it myself.
>
>Erik von Sneidern
>

You know, this is really a very UPSETTING thread.

Gary Roberts groberts@s...
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