Four-sided hammer - GIF

Four-sided hammer. Not really sure why.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...551#post132369
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...256#post126638
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...911#post124702
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...489#post117099
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...6425#post83639

I’d classify this as a cat’s head farrier’s hammer, although normally the two side penes are much smaller. This has been evidently forged to be a versatile, go-to forging hammer. But ergonomically, an oval handle would be more comfortable. I have 2 cat’s heads, but only use the older one, which has a short handle: it had a lot of use by the previous owner

A lot of blacksmiths use four-headed hammers to save space and cost.