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New from Bill Fretz

Short hammers for close control

Five forming hammers with padauk handles that rest in your palm. $79 each or $356 for the set.

Fretz NH-1-S to NH-5-S short hammers with padauk handles

The NH short hammers

A round padauk handle, shorter than our classic hammers, that ends in your palm like a chasing hammer.

The five NH short hammers fanned out

185 mmtotal length, made for close work

420 stainlesshardened heads that can be repolished

Padaukoil-finished wood handles

Bolt-throughtighten the handle with a hex key

All five in one set

NH-1-S through NH-5-S.

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Forming metal on a Fretz stake at the bench

Tools from a working goldsmith

Bill Fretz has been a goldsmith since 1970. His first tools were small stakes he made to set Maine tourmaline.

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Learn the techniques

Video lessons and matching tool sets for forming cuffs, pendants, bezels and hollow rings.

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