This is a fun little project and it is quite functional too. If you are like me then you have lots of old hammers lying around. I tend to collect them up. And I am always on the lookout for them at yard sales and flea markets. So, you can always give some thought to how you can reshape the head of the hammer, or even the claw/pean on the other end.

In this case I simply cranked up the forge and reshaped the head of the hammer into a hatchet. I was really pleased at how it came out. There is a really good wedge shape on that hatchet.

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