These hammers are ergonomically designed to work with the body's natural movements. The handle is short with the overall length from the top of the head to the end of the handle of around 12 inches. This short handle lets you keep the hammer close to your body with you hand close to the head of the anvil, rotating each joint in your arm as you swing the hammer with the last joint being your wrist, like cracking a wipe for maximum velocity when you hit the steel. Each hammer is made from top-quality forged and heat-treated tool steel and finished and fitted with a shock-mounted wood handle. These hammers are all hand-dressed and finished by experts. Forged hammers will vary somewhat as they are hand-forged and hand-dressed. All B pattern hammers start our as the same size block but the peen type can affect the weight. Check the table below to get a rough idea of the weights for each size and peen.
-----Rounding---All_Others
B1--1.4lbs--------1.2lbs
B2--2.6lbs-------2.4lbs
B3--3.5lbs-------3.3lbs
B4--4.6lbs-------4.2lbs