Silversmithing Hammers

Ahhh Hammers. So important and so well loved by an silversmith. A good quality hammer is your best friend. Here you see planishing, chasing, raising, ball peen hammers and a rawhide mallot. I have a few more than this - which is far less than master silversmiths own & use.

Hammers need to have great care taken to not mark their heavy polished steel heads. They can be VERY Expen$ive!

Here is a 'pro.' collection @ the silversmithing studio @ SFCC:
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