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My wife pointed out how I hold a hammer the same way I hold a garden trowel
We were working in the yard last weekend and she said, 'You know, you grip that trowel with your thumb on top just like you do with your cross-peen.' I'd never thought about it, but she's right. It's the same relaxed, overhand grip I use for light forging, not the tight fist I use for heavy strikes. Made me realize how much muscle memory from landscaping has snuck into my smithing. Has anyone else found a technique from another trade that just works in the shop?
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the_stella1mo ago
That's a cross-peen hammer, not a cross-peen.
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the_eric1mo ago
Read that the cross-peen is the actual wedge part, @the_stella, so you're right it's the hammer.
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david5621mo ago
Just when you think you've got a handle on tool names, someone hits you with the cross-peen paradox. It's like saying you're going to the trunk of the car but you only mean the latch. So the cross-peen is a part, but also a whole hammer? Next they'll tell me the claw is just the nail-puller, not the hammer. This is why people just point and grunt in hardware stores.
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