Rounding hammers

[Philip Davies]

Having watched,on YouTube, a video of Brian Brazeal forging tongs, I was very much impressed, not only with his method, and technique, but also with the hammer he was using, which seemed much weightier than mine. It is velocity which is a more important factor than hammer mass, but thinking that I would like to try a heavier rounding hammer, set to and made two. The lighter one is just under 4lb, but the larger is 7 and 1/2 lb, rather too heavy for me, but perhaps I can trade it. I have already replaced the handle on the 4 pounder: it was too slender for comfort.