Forged Japanese Dog Head Hammer

Making a Japanese style hammer by hand. First time I make an hammer or puch a hole this big, my new forging hammer it's made! Big thanks to Nerd Inventor for providing suitable c40 (1040) steel for this project, check his videos here:    / @nerdinventor   Also thanks to my dear friends Dotti and Edo for helping to punch this hole! Index of operation and materials: 0:15 Cut a jack hammer bit in two to forge into punch and drift 0:52 Both pieces are forged round and squished into ovals. The shorter piece (punch) is also forged to a point. 2:50 Grind and shape both tools with angle grinder and 2x72 belt grinder 3:53 Heat treatment, heat to 825°C, quench in 70°C oil and temper to 230°C for 2hrs 4:40 A wrench is used as handle for the punch 5:11 c40 steel round stock is cut to size 5:37 a rebar piece is welded as handle 6:12 Forge semi-square 6:37 Mark hole position 7:00 Punch the hole 7:45 Drift to size 8:00 Complete forging process by rounding edges and squaring everything up 8:30 Annehaling with coke forge: heat to critical and let cool slowly with the forge 8:56 Grind faces of the hammer heat with belt grinder 9:40 Harden: heat to 850°C and quench in water 9:57 Remove scales with bench grinder and steel wire wheel 10:08 Buff faces with fine polishing compound and cotton wheel 10:22 Tempering with hot drift 11:18 Cut wood for handle (random cutting board leftover wood) 11:25 Mark eye shape 11:35 Shape with homemade finger plane 12:04 Cut slot for wood wedge 12:25 Insert wedge with boiled linseed oil (also applied to handle as finish off camera) 12:40 Also a small steel wedge is used in the opposite direction I just started to list some of the stuff I use for my projects in this amazon storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/blackbear... It's affiliate marketing, so if you order something from here you'll help the channel for free! Thank you! Thanks a lot for watching, I hope you liked the video! Suggestions and comments are welcome. Leave a like and share to anyone who might be interested! ★Patreon★   / blackbeardprojects   ★Website★ http://blackbeardproject.com/ ★Follow me★ Facebook ►   / blackbeardprojects   Twitter ►   / blackbeardproje   Instagram ►   / black_beard_projects