Rounding hammers

[Frank S]

Philip if you were to slim the 7 1/2 lb hammer down to around 6 lbs. I'll bet you will find it to be your go to hammer much of the time.
Years ago I found an old very well beat up 8 lb sledge hammer with a broken handle. it was so beat up the faces were mushroomed like you would see a chisel being after years of abuse.
I torched off the mushrooming then thought why not reshape the old hammer head into a cross peen. BY the time I was finished after cutting grinding, reducing the body then hardening and tempering I had reduced the hammer head to around 6lbs. a new handle shortened to 14" made it a go to hammer with great swing balance.