A specialized hammer with a wedge-shaped cross-peen face, used for splitting kindling or driving wooden wedges in timber framing. The cross-peen concentrates force along a single line, making it ideal for cleaving wood along the grain or for setting splitting wedges when breaking down large timber.
Maker's Stamp / Mei (銘)Mei stamp — Kirikomi GennoTechnical Data
CategoryHammer
RegionsSanjo, Niigata
Traditional Steels
This tool category is traditionally forged from the following steels. Click any to read its full metallurgical profile.
