Fall Blacksmith Classes Mean Cooler Temps.

Fall is finally here! The perfect blacksmithing weather here in AZ. We have a blacksmithing class this weekend starting on Friday the 21st and another one in November from the 18th-20th. It's the perfect time to learn or enhance your blacksmithing skills! I hope to get a picture from one of this weekend's projects on here on Monday. They've been making some impressive items in the classes!

New Pieh Tool Ergonomic and Standard Hammers!

The Pieh Tool Ergonomic Hammers come in a variety of styles and sizes!   
All of our Ergonomic Hammers are designed to move metal fast. Their compact head allows the hammer to be worked at extreme angles. Hammers are well balanced and made from 4142 tool steel and hardened to a Rockwell 52.
Each handle is ground and fit from straight grain aged hickory and then stained. The hammer handle is glued using a modern Polyurethane adhesive. This has the advantage of being able to flex during humidity and temperature changes which should give you many years of trouble free performance without the head loosening.
The Pieh Tool Standard Hammers are an evolution of our ergonomic  hammers. The head of the hammer uses a standard size eye which concentrates the hammers weight around the center rather then the ends.
In addition this style of hammer is equally weighted on both ends to allow effortless switching from face to face or face to pein. Other ergonomic hammers use a large eye which moves the weight laterally and across center mass. By keeping the overall length of the hammer short we have developed a hammer that is extremely well balanced yet has the benefit of having a less bulky handle. 
This hammers smaller eye allows the handle to retain the familiar double taper shape yet is significantly smaller. This allows a lot of comfort for those with smaller hands.  This hammer is made from 4340 and is hand forged and painstakingly heat treated. All of our Pieh Tool hammers are proudly made in the U.S.A!

The New Pieh Tool Smithy's Forge!

The portable gas forge for Professional Artist Blacksmiths is finally available!
Pieh Tool is excited to announce "The Smithy's" gas forge.  Our 3 burner forge was designed specifically for the artist blacksmith. It boasts the largest firebox available in the portable gas forge market!  You now have ample space to work with pieces of varying dimensions-awkward pieces can be worked that just won't fit in other forges! Come see it in action at the Salt Fork Blacksmithing Conference in Perry, OK this weekend, Oct. 14-16!!

This forge has lots of space and bricks can be added for those projects where a smaller space is needed and you're looking to conserve fuel. All three of it's doors can be fully propped open allowing for function as well as versatility. Designed by blacksmiths FOR blacksmiths, the Smithy's Forge is a great asset to all of those artist blacksmiths out there!