Review on 🔨 Picard 0000811 1000 Blacksmiths Swedish Pattern: Expertly Crafted Tool for Professional Blacksmiths by Chris Edgerton

I'm not a blacksmith but I wanted a good heavy hammer to hit things and that thing is great. everything with him, has not come loose and has not broken off, the head has an ideal hardness so as not to scratch or crumple, but not a piece to break off. The only criticism is that the handle is painted. Which is TERRIBLE. I hate that it's so common, it's just a useless extra expense for the manufacturer and a hassle for me to remove. It's no big deal, a random orbital sander, razor or just hand sanding with 60 grit sandpaper and then 120 grit will remove it in minutes but why put it on these things? It makes sense in a hardware store where 500 people take a tool before they buy it and polishing keeps their hands from getting dirty, but this tool is designed to get dirty and part of what makes a tool great , is the patina of it. . your hands. Also if it is used in a slippery, wet or oily environment, the varnish makes it unsafely slippery. You have to polish it. The grip is also clearly built for the price, and I prefer a slightly meatier palm, but once the polish was removed it felt nice. A must have if you ever need to smash something, but a real sledgehammer would be a silly idea (banging on rusty brake drums is this thing's forte) or if you're running out of nails and need to hammer a concrete screw in two in four seconds at a time . It will.