Super! a hammer form forum.

[jefm]

Hi gang,
I've worked a modest gamut of projects and materials and am always looking forward to trying something new. The latest project I've dug up had me wondering if I should take up hammer forming. For years I always thought this was a mystic black art limited to rude, moody artists in motorcycle shop reality shows. I've searched around and it seems that is not the case!

I have done some welding and metalwork before so I already have a bunch of tools and scrap to play with. I've gotten some plastic mallets and will "give it a whack" as seen in a couple Internet demos. So I think I can do a proof of concept pretty quickly.

If I had any questions right away, they'd be where to find a good variety of hammers, and are there any books on this I need to read right away.

Thanks all,
jefm