Forged warhammer head with split face and rear spike

Oct 14, 2026 Last reply: 2 hours ago 3 Replies
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The toughest stretch of any build like this has to be the forging itself, and the maker has pushed through it. The steel head of the warhammer is now fully forged, with the shaping stage behind them and only cleaning plus a bit of filing left on the list. Getting a head this complex to the forged state is no small thing.



What stands out is the geometry. There is a rectangular striking face, a split face, an eye hole, and a curved spike at the rear, all worked into faceted surfaces. The split face is the detail I keep coming back to: the maker explains it stops the hammer glancing off armor and lets it deal more damage, which is a functional reason rather than just looks.



The setup reads as a proper working shop. There is an anvil on a stand, tongs, chisels, files and hand hammers, and a small propane forge on a metal cabinet fed by two blue gas canisters. The finished forging was clamped in a large heavy-duty metal bench vise, and the camera circled it to show off the profile and every feature.



The open question for me is the finish. Cleaning and filing are still ahead, and how crisp those faceted edges come out will decide whether this head looks as good as the forging suggests.


The split face seems like a smart call to me. The maker says it keeps the hammer from glancing off armor and hits harder as a result, so it earns its place instead of being decoration. The trade I see is that a split face gives you more edges to clean and file carefully before the head is done.

How did the maker form the eye hole? Punching and drifting an eye through a chunk of steel that also carries a split face and a rear spike sounds like the kind of work that punishes any misalignment, and I would love to know how that stage went.

One idea for the finishing stage: since the head is already clamped in that heavy-duty bench vise, the maker could file the faceted flats against a guide held in the vise jaws to keep the planes even. With cleaning and a bit of filing still to do, keeping those facets consistent would make the geometry pop even more.

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