Scythe Hammers
500g Picard Combination Scythe Hammer
Still the best scythe hammer I know of. It has a beautifully formed head. The handle is made of premium ash, and is super tight and immaculately fitted into the head. It will not loosen up during the dry winter heating season. The steel is hard enough for peening with the Picard, and SFX anvils, and has a nice rebound (spring). The balance of the short, front end makes it excellent for the drawing hammer strike technique (aka glancing blow, Ziehender Dengelschlag.). I get mine directly from Picard, and they polish them to a beautiful mirror finish for me. -$47
500g Rinaldi Scythe Hammer
I must admit, this hammer is pretty good! Nicely balanced, good hardness. It has two wide faces, instead of the combination wide and cross-peen faces like my Picard hammer has. The faces are too convex for my taste, but the nice thing about it having two wide faces, is that could could shape each side a little differently. The hammer faces are angled down slightly. Good tall and field anvils. Unpolished. - $45
700g Bellota Combination Scythe Hammer
I've been searching a long time for a 700g peening hammer. I had my hopes up with this one, made in Spain. Unfortunately, I think it is a little too soft. It's an interesting design to experience, though. The longer front section, changes the balance of the hammer to the ideal for a straight down, hammer strike. Not so good for a drawing hammer strike. If you don't use a drawing hammer strike, you might really like this hammer. Maybe it will work harden enough over time. Unpolished -$35
800g Rinaldi Mallet Hammer
Sometimes you need a bigger hammer. This squat hammer head has a nice heft for peening on narrow anvils with a wider radius. Rinaldi hammers and anvils have excellent hardness. Probably not originally intended as a peening hammer, but I find it works great! The camber of the hammer face is similar to the Picard peening hammer. I use it with a simple rebounding hammer strike. Basically, I just let it drop. I like it for peening out the primary bevel on well-used blades, or new blades that don't have a good primary bevel set by the factory. While this Rinaldi hammer is not polished, it is almost smooth enough for peening. It wouldn't take too much time with some wet/dry 600 grit sandpaper, to polish it up. $40
