Which hammer type will give me this effect?

[gaylecath]

Hey everyone,

I'd love to achieve the beautiful hammered effect in the image I've attached. Could someone tell me what type and size of hammer type would be best? I was going to invest in a Fretz planishing hammer, but Cooks only do the large ones and I have a feeling that might not give me the effect I'm after. Been getting by with a simple ballpein hammer until now so I'm a bit of a rookie :) I watched a lot of videos online, but I can't find a good example of what I'm trying to achieve

Any help would be so appreciated *-:)

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[Sheen]

To me it looks like the effect you get with a chasing hammer with a slightly rounded (almost flat) face.

[Dennis]

No offence intended, but there is a cult surrounding specialist hammers, and most of us don't need them.

A great deal can be achieved with a simple ballpein hammer and this 2oz hobby one will easily texture small pieces.
It is also easy enough to modify the face with a file and repolish to a more convex shape if desired, or you can turn it over and use the ball

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Miniature-Ball-Pein-Hammer-Light-2oz-craft-Hobby-Jewellery-Electronic-4324-621-w/362502135096?epid=23018812234&hash=item5466cf9d38:g:FYAAAOSwZKJcB51o Dennis.

[CJ57]

A planishing hammer was one of our basic toolkit when I trained and would do the job. I did recently treat myself to a new Fretz planishing hammer after 40 years but it was a present to myself!
A chasing hammer has a much larger face than is necessary for this and although I have one I don’t use it often as it’s really made to hit punches without missing, so unless I am doing some chasing or using my punch for hallmarking it isn’t used.
My basic tool kit started with a hide mallet, a planishing hammer and an engineers hammer. I won’t admit to how many I have now!

[china]

I don't think any fancy hammer has been used to achieve that finish, looks to me more like a casting and just a rough as guts finishing job wit a file or similar.

[gaylecath]

Thanks everyone for your help :)

@Dennis I think my problem was watching 2 hours of videos about Fretz hammers, they pulled me into their cult...

@China I did suspect it could be a casting. The jeweller in question has very much promoted her pieces as hand-hammered, so I hoped maybe they were

I will go with a (reasonably priced!) planishing hammer for now, and then attack it with a file

[NickD]

I don't think any fancy hammer has been used to achieve that finish, looks to me more like a casting and just a rough as guts finishing job wit a file or similar.
Second that. It looks to me as though it's been whacked with anything but a planishing hammer.
Nick