I am really excited that our Nechamkin Pistol Grip chasing hammer will be in stock in days .After a long period of re-engineering the manufacturing process We worked with a partner manufacturer with Otto Frei.  I will be loading it on the website this week. For fun, See the below images. The Nechamkin Hammer is next to a chasing hammer you might find in a jewelry supply catalog or craft store. As soon as they are on the website and ready to ship, I will  send out an e-blast announcement. If you’d like to get that announcement, add your name to the mailing list on  https://nechamkin.com/

Nechamkin Pistol Grip is always wedged with wood. Like materials move together. A screw is just the craziest “wedge” I have seen yet.

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Chasing and Repousse tools, although very low tech, require basic parameters to perform well. Tons of people ask me what tools they need, which shapes and sizes etc. To me it is important FIRST, to know the basics of what makes a good chasing tool.

  A Length of 4″or so is good for most hands. The shanks should be squared (at least somewhat) so you know which way your chasing tool is facing in your fingers. Completely round stock sort of rolls around in your fingers and I prefer them mainly for round nosed tools like beading tools.

 The corners of the shank should be soft and comfortable to hold. They should not be sharp, bent or deformed in any way.  There should be some length to the taper to the tool face for good line of sight. The faces should be satin smooth or polished shiny. Nothing should be left sharp.

The striking end should be left annealed and the working face hardened and tempered to about an inch back. The old machinists’ handbooks teach that the hammer for the punch is to be hardened to prevent a hollow from developing in the face. Hard steel on hard steel is risky. Slight mushrooming on the striking end of a punch can easily be dressed with a file when needed.

Punches suffer concussive blows with cracking force. For this reason they are traditionally made from solid rolled steel, cut to length and ground or forged into shape. Rolled steel has a long strong crystal structure that resists cracking when correctly heat treated.

That said,  I have come across lots of tools missing all or several of these basics. But now  you have a guide to help you decide for yourself.

All Nechamkin Chasing Tools are made using these parameters. I personally oversee the quality. Every tool has my family name on it.https://nechamkin.com/chasing-tools/

CHASING & REPOUSSE TOOLS

Nechamkin Chasing Tools is happy to announce a new partnership with Jewlry Tool Distributor PMC Jewelry Tool Supply. PMC is a family owned jewelry tool supply company in NY State. They are now carrying Nechamkin Chasing Tools. They are one stop shopping for video classes, tools, supplies, resources and of course, Nechamkin Chasing Tools.

https://pmcsupplies.com/catalogsearch/result?cat=0&q=nechamkin

Over this period of lock down over the country, I have been doing just about everything by myself.I am spending time on the things I like to do the most and connecting with people more these days. I decided to finish a limited run of mini matting tools. I only made 50 of them. I made a video (see below)on the process and loaded it onto youtube as well as Instagram. I have also discovered the usefulness of bulk email. From the social media outlets many of you added yourselves to my mailing list https://nechamkin.com/about-us/contacts-resources/ to be notified when the tools were loaded on the website and ready for sale. I sent out my first Mail Chimp Eblast and within an hour of that, 17 of the 50 were already sold.  If you’d like to grab one of these tools click this link. https://nechamkin.com/chasing-tools/limited-edition-tools/