Putting Together an Early Period Smithing Kit

So here is my Goal

Find places to buy hammers and tools that will pass the 10ft rule to be used as early period hammers.


I'm not focusing on Viking Blacksmith, or Anglo-Saxon Blacksmith ..Just in the ball park for now... But trying not to spend all the money on custom made period style hammers.. here is one around $40,

2.2 lb basic Cross pein hammer
You might be able to find it cheaper, but when I added shipping and import taxes, this was the best.

it'll need pant remover for the head, and a little black paint to cover the modern wedge... sand off the handle varnish ( stamps, and i think it'll do ok...

Bigger simple hammer Around $26

Or

More square in shape
 This one might take more work to cover the stamp int eh head, but at $12 it possibly still worth it...
Wis it didn't have the Stamp in the metal, wonder if  you remove the head and put it back on upside down to hide it..

Reproduction Viking era hammer, 66-77 bucks (two slightly different designs)

You might have to handle it your self

they also have a reproduction anvil for $170 or so.

Talerwin forge

A cast ductile steel anvil, that's made by Fort Voss Outfitters, if it didn't have letters cast on the side I'd like it a lot better. You have to pull down their price list and then get a hold of them, but they make nice reproduction anvils for lots of historical periods.

Scythe anvils $16 each (They have great hammers but out of stock)

Scythe supply(Scroll down)

Expensive Picard hammers

(This shape has many names, Scythe hammer, British scaling hammer, etc)

This place is expensive, but in stock...

 

Here are some ok ones for a good price from the hammer supply guy..

 

 

Machinist_Hammers 

 Another cheap one from Hammer Supply Guy (Peen on one end, point on the other)

German_Pattern_Scaling_Hammer

Two Different Scythe Hammers here (good one is out of stock)

Specialized Blacksmith Hammers

Broad Axe(picard 1kg machinists hammerHatchet)

Vaughan_Broad_Hatchet_28_oz


small hacksaw(modern blade)

Best place to get a deal on a "cheap" 2lb rounding hammer...

When I first hear about rounding hammers and watched some of Brian Brazeal's videos, I Knew i wanted to try one, but i didn't want to blow a lot of cash, just to see if I liked it... I dug around and found this is the least expensive brand.. Nordic... And this was the best priced place i found.. it might not be the absolute best now, I can't vouch for that but getting one to Try for around $30 was a good deal to me... and it still is... 

 

stockhoffsonline.com $30ish 2lb rounding hammer

Centaur Forge has the same hammer for $26, so just work out the shipping, Centaur is great!

I enjoyed playing with it and hope you do too..  it turned out to be a really nice hammer. and works great.

This second site is a great place to get lots of kinds of hammers...

hammersource.com

a differnt inexpensive rounding hammer, but 3l.d $15

Blacksmithing for beginners, Idea for things you can make out of rebar

 

Place reccomened to get not to pricy stamps made custom

$120 instead of $410 for same stamp was example given

Need something to cover the hole in yout forge and keep coal out and let air in?

Cast Iron Sink Strainer

http://www.amazon.com/Sioux-Chief-846-S3PK-5-Inch-Strainer/dp/B004678IR0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1434166199&sr=8-2&keywords=Cast+Iron+Strainer

(They come in different diameters)


it's way better than the 20g one i got at home depot for mine.

Cool eazy trick for better looking forged roses

First I followed this tutorial on how to make roses.

I like the way he textured these rose better then other tutorials, more work but a much better result

Instead of peening over the tip, i welded each petal rose ring on with just a tiny tack

 

Then when it was time to tweak each petal as it was put on the rose,

Get a pair of these

 

and a pair of these

Get ones the that are not plated

http://jewelrytutorialhq.com/.../howtousewireloopingplier...

jewelry pliers, cheap on amazon...

they are awesome for putting more tweaks, curls and textures on the edges of the petals

look especially at the edges of the flowers... super trivial with the top set of pliers

  These are the exact ones I bought.. They are small, but are perfect for getting in there and tweaking things
First pair
Second pair

If you only get one, get the second pair where one is a cone and the other is hollow, i started out using both pairs, but by the end I was doing 80% of the tweaking with them

I only used the first pair for rolling the edges

this is the torch i used wtih mapp gass, make you r own decision and reasearch on the safety of this torch, all I can say is it's what I used. I like it because the button turns the torch on and off with one hand.

 

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019CQL60/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Videos on how to make this style of forged Rose

Mark Aspery Vid#1

Vid #2