Peddinghaus Leather Working Hammer?

[mrtreat32]

Anyone have one of these and can share their thoughts on the quality?

I bought a Garland rawhide mallet to use with my pricking iron about 2 months back but now realizing Its a bit too light in weight and think I need to upgrade. I think I got a 9oz.

Saw this brand from a seller on ebay who also carries vergez blanchard tools and it looks nice. Leaning towards this or a Barry King mallet. I dont do any carving so this would be pretty much only for use with pricking irons and setting snaps, rivets.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Peddinghaus-Leather-Working-Mallet-Hammer-32oz-soft-tip-leather-tool-/321386637692?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ad422e97c

[DavidL]

trip to home depot? You will be able to test the weights of the hammers.

[Eccho]

There are lots of hammers and mallets out there, but I can see where a 9oz. might be a tad light, for rivets and such. I have a number of different ones on the bench, but my hand falls most often on a Barry King 16oz. maul. Well made, well priced, and it feels good in the hand. IMHO

[mrtreat32]

trip to home depot? You will be able to test the weights of the hammers.

I have some hammers at home to get a idea of the weight I want but they are steel.

I dont think home depot carries that brand? maybe.

Was trying to get a feel if people thought they were of high quality since that isnt exactly cheap for a hammer. Dont mind spending the money if its nice though.

Also would the regular flat style be preferred for pricking irons? I know a lot of people like the round and tapered mauls by Barry King but cant envision how that would work with hammering a object as straight as possible. Maybe it helps. not really sure.

thanks

also the heads of Barry King and the previous brand I mentioned are made of a different material I believe. Would like something that gives me the weight and force I want but also fairly easy on the wear of the tools.

[UnionCraft]

@1:04 in this Dunhill video, Thomas is using a "Split Hammer." It's like a hammer with a heavy metal head, but the striking surfaces on both ends are raw hide. The head splits in two in order to replace the raw hide faces.

There are also "solid-head hammers." They are similar, but with fixed rawhide faces that require a press to insert new faces; they're also a bit lighter in weight.

List of Manufacturers

CS Osbourne

Garland

Vaughn

Thor

All of these split/solid hammers can be purchased on ebay.

Edited May 20, 2014 by UnionCraft

[electrathon]

I can not speak directly to the exact hammer in the link, but I do have a fair amount of hammer experience. I would suspect that you will get bounce with the plastic hammer. If you could not find a ploy hammer, it may be a usable choice, but likely not a good first choice.

[DavidL]

anyone know how to reduce the sound of a hammer? Im moving into an apartment and the sound of the hammering is slightly too loud.

[Northmount]

anyone know how to reduce the sound of a hammer? Im moving into an apartment and the sound of the hammering is slightly too loud.

There are several threads discussing reducing the noise level for apartment dwellers and for the rest of the family. Types of mallets, support for granite slabs, thickness of slabs, modifications to workbenches, etc. A search would be a good place to start. If you have trouble finding them, let me know. I'd do a search now, but have been at the computer too long and need to get to 'work' instead of play.

Tom

[DavidL]

I've done some research on the search and the conclusion is to use a marble slab, over that, a poundo board and piece of leather.

I have a marble counter, which I put a pound board and piece of leather and there is still a lot of sound. It is most likely because the counter has some drawers that echo the sound. On the ground there is the same issue, nothing is softening the hit and it sounds like iron hitting a poly board.

If there is no way to reduce the noise I am looking into arbor presses 1/2 or 1 ton to press the pricking iron. How the impression will look I don't know.

[oltoot]

The Pedinghaus is high quality but low suitability. That design would suit you but with flatter, squarer faces. For your use, BK flat faces in the 20-32 oz range would be my recommendation. Home Depot might have something like the Pedinghaus but with a flat face. I don't know, its 115 mile from here to a Home Depot.