#PhotoOfTheDay and it's #hammertime
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#PhotoOfTheDay and it's #hammertime
I always enjoy taking a well-used old hammer and putting a mirror polish on its face. The contrast between shiny and old crunchy metal is always a very pleasing aesthetic to me, aside from it being practical for the blacksmith as well.
@croyle I have a noob question, but how do you get it so shiny?
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@croyle real peening hammers looked very similar to this. Not so shiny, but not very far from
@mcSlibinas I have a lot of peening hammers and none of the peens are that smooth and shiny, but I do tidy them up if needed.
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@croyle I have a noob question, but how do you get it so shiny?
@glitchcake Brief answer: Like any metal polish, you start with a rougher grit on a belt or sandpaper or whatever, and then work your way up to finer grits and then if you do want a finer finish like these you can go to metal polish.
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@glitchcake Brief answer: Like any metal polish, you start with a rougher grit on a belt or sandpaper or whatever, and then work your way up to finer grits and then if you do want a finer finish like these you can go to metal polish.
@croyle makes sense! ty
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@mcSlibinas I have a lot of peening hammers and none of the peens are that smooth and shiny, but I do tidy them up if needed.
@croyle do you use them? My grandpa has one and i remember it was shiny.
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@croyle do you use them? My grandpa has one and i remember it was shiny.
@mcSlibinas Yes, I use them all.
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@mcSlibinas Yes, I use them all.
@croyle amazing. I thought peening is the lost art. So cool!
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@croyle amazing. I thought peening is the lost art. So cool!
@mcSlibinas Not many people use it, but anyone that does blacksmithing or similar will often use it a lot.
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@mcSlibinas Not many people use it, but anyone that does blacksmithing or similar will often use it a lot.
@croyle my grandpa wasn't blacksmith, he peened own scythes and maybe neighbour sometimes got lucky. Grandpa can kill anyone who use That Hammer for nails
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@croyle my grandpa wasn't blacksmith, he peened own scythes and maybe neighbour sometimes got lucky. Grandpa can kill anyone who use That Hammer for nails
@mcSlibinas Hahaha, that's funny! We can get protective of our important tools.
Besides the usual ball peen hammers there are other specialized peening hammers, like cross peen or diagonal peen... My hammer collection grew a lot when I started my blacksmithing hobby!
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