This just illustrates how much steel is lost due to scaling during the forging process. For heavy forging not requiring forge-welding I use anthracite as is the case here. Forging with charcoal does consume less of your material. A 16.5cm length of 4.5cm diameter piece of axle steel was cut: 2114 g / 75 oz
After drifting and forging to shape, and including the weight of the plug removed from the eye: 1861 g / 65 oz
Grinding and filing: 1728 g / 61 oz
After polishing: 1703 g / 60 oz
The hammer head is 19cm long and 11.5cm measured from the face to where the eye starts. The face is 30mm square and heat treated.
