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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Metal Working.

For this BB, you will be making a custom hammer (hardened)!

Here is what one might look like:






Minimum requirements:
  - The custom hammer needs to be forged from one piece of metal
  - It can have a wood handle (that's a different BB though)
  - It has to be very well made
  - It can start as a hammer head if you modify it significantly
  - It must be hardened

To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
 - The supplies you're starting with
 - Partway through the build
 - The finished custom hammer (hardened)
 - Prove the hammer is hardened by pounding 10 good sized nails into hardwood and showing the face is undamaged (or equivalent test)
 
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