Looking For: Cheep straight/cross peen combo hammers

[Sean Powell]

Hello,

A number of years ago at Pennsic I picked up a pair of relatively cheep straight/cross peen hammers. The heads looked as if they were milled for 1.25" square stock 6" long with a vertical taper on one end and a horizontal taper on the other. The handles were epoxied in and in the process of re-grinding the heads the epoxy tended to melt so the hafts could be removed and decent wood handles mounted.

I bought a few, kept 2 and get a 3rd away. One has been re-shaped into my favorite hammer and I need another hammer that is very similar but I don't want to modify my favorite. I'm hoping that someone here recognizes the style and can point me in the right direction or maybe has a source for hammers of this type.

Thank you,
Sean

[Marco-borromei]

I found one of those at Harbor Freight about 2 years ago.... but it wasn't listed on their web site either then or now.

[Halberds]

I got a couple from PitBull.

[losthelm]

Could have been ironmonger, magik badger, or little dragon's hoard.

Just from the sounds of it I would bet on ironmonger or Little dragon.
I know Ironmonger has been takeing a lot less to pennsic due to fuel costs in recent years. i would sugest droping him a line.

By my hand designs did have tools a while back, though I don't rember that paticular style.

Harbor freight hammers are quite common to reshape for specialty use so it may have been something aquired through trade or offered as someone took their craft in a different direction.