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Update: I stopped using a power hammer for small hooks
For years I swore by my power hammer for every little scroll and hook, figured it was faster and that was that... then last Tuesday I watched an old timer at a demo in Portland crank out fifteen identical hooks with just a hand hammer and a jig. He did it in about the same time, but the grain flow and finish were cleaner, no scale pits at all. Now I only break out the power hammer for stock over 1/2 inch, anyone else gone back to hand forging for smaller work and seen a real difference?
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