A blacksmith hammer is judged on three things: head weight, how the face is crowned, and whether the eye is drifted tight enough that the handle never works loose. These are forged rather than cast, which is the point, since a smith buying a hammer would rather it came off an anvil than out of a mould.
Faces, peins and handles
Emberfall covers the everyday work twice. One is a 1095 rounding hammer with a Valknut engraved cheek on an American ash handle, the shape most smiths reach for first. The other carries a Mjolnir shaped head with a wrapped leather grip, which is less orthodox and more fun. Runepein is a ball pein with an Elder Futhark rune shank and an ash grip. Thunderpein and Knotpein are both cross peins, one with Mjolnir engraving on ash, the other mirror polished with a knotwork cheek. Wayrune puts a Vegvisir engraving on a carved rosewood handle. Anvilsong is the heavy end, a Damascus sledge with a Valknut engraved head and a leather wrapped handle for two hands.
The bench tools sit in blacksmith tools, and the Norse heads meant for display in Thor hammers. If the steel names on the listings mean nothing to you yet, the steel glossary is short.
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Hand Forged
Heated, hammered and ground by hand.
Engraving available
Names, dates or Norse runes on most pieces.
