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NC Black Co.
Founded by Andrea Harvin-Kennington and Chuck Kennington, NC Black Co. hand fabricates forming tools in Mount Airy, North Carolina. We stock 49 products for miniature smithing, raising and shell forming, including numbered forming hammers, nylon and Delrin mallets, wood blocks, vise holders, stakes and six matched forming kits.
49 products belowHandmade forming hammers, blocks, mallets and stakes
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NC Black Betty Helen Longhi Forming Kit
NC Black Co.This two-hammer forming kit is built for synclastic (convex) shaping—supporting both deep shell-forming blows and controlled work in tighter areas....
View full detailsNC Black 31 Mini Longhi Synclastic Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 31 Mini Longhi Synclastic Hammer is a compact forming hammer designed for synclastic (convex) shaping of metal. Its smaller profile gi...
View full detailsNC Black 19 Longhi Synclastic Hammer
NC Black Co.The Longhi Synclastic Hammer is a heavy, deeply curved forming hammer designed to create pronounced synclastic shapes and depressions in metal. It ...
View full detailsNC Black Small Spiculum Forming Kit
NC Black Co.This spiculum forming kit brings together the core blocks and hammers needed to shape small spiculums in thin sheet metal. The tools feel balanced ...
View full detailsNC Black 2 Macro Spiculum Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 2 Macro Spiculum Hammer is a precision metalsmithing tool designed to form small to medium sized spiculums from 24GA to 30GA metal. In...
View full detailsNC Black 16 Large Spiculum Closing Hammer
NC Black Co.NC Black developed this Large Spiculum Closing Hammer to be perfectly sized and balanced for closing medium to large sized spiculums without deform...
View full detailsNC Black B2 Purple Heart Macro Spiculum Forming Block
NC Black Co.The NC Black Co. Macro Spiculum Forming Block is a specialty metalsmithing tool designed for forming small spiculums from 24GA to 30GA sheet metal....
View full detailsNC Black B1 Purple Heart Micro Spiculum Forming Block
NC Black Co.The NC Black B1 Micro Spiculum Forming Block is a precision hand-fabricated tool designed for creating small, micro-sized spiculums from 24GA to 30...
View full detailsNC Black Large Spiculum Forming Kit
NC Black Co.The NC Black Large Spiculum Forming Kit brings together three purpose-built hand tools for shaping larger spiculums with controlled strikes and rep...
View full detailsNC Black 4 Bad Betty Spiculum Hammer
NC Black Co.Named after Betty Helen Longhi, the Bad Betty Spiculum Hammer is purpose-built for large spiculum-making work. The elongated, curved hammer head ge...
View full detailsNC Black 30 Brooke Forging Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 30 Brooke Forging Hammer is purpose-built for jewelry-scale forging work. At 8.5 ounces, it delivers controlled force ideal for forgin...
View full detailsNC Black B3 Large Maple Spiculum Forming Block
NC Black Co.The NC Black B3 Large Maple Spiculum Forming Block is a dedicated forming tool designed for creating larger spiculums from 20GA to 24GA metal. Craf...
View full detailsNC Black M2 Mega Nylon Mallet 1-1/2"
NC Black Co.The NC Black M2 Mega Nylon Mallet is engineered for medium to large metalsmithing work, delivering optimum weight distribution and superb balance f...
View full detailsNC Black M3 Small Nylon Mallet 1"
NC Black Co.The NC Black Small Nylon Mallet is optimally weighted for fine, detailed metalsmithing work. Its superb balance and nylon construction make it a ve...
View full detailsNC Black M4 Micro Nylon Mallet 3/4"
NC Black Co.The NC Black Co. Micro Nylon Mallet is specially designed for use with the Micro Sinusoidal Stake in anticlastic raising. Its size and weight distr...
View full detailsNC Black M5 Nano Nylon Mallet 1/2"
NC Black Co.The NC Black M5 Nano Nylon Mallet is the smallest nylon mallet available, purpose-built to reach the tightest and most intricate areas of any metal...
View full detailsNC Black M6 Delrin Sinking Mallet 1-1/4"
NC Black Co.The NC Black Delrin Sinking Mallet is a purpose-built forming tool designed for two essential metalsmithing tasks. The rounded end is ideal for sin...
View full detailsNC Black E300 End Hook Stake Set Complete
NC Black Co.Designed for precise anticlastic forming and raising, this complete End Hook Stake set replicates the flowing bays of traditional sinusoidal stakes...
View full detailsNC Black H1 Small End Hook Stake Holder
NC Black Co.The NC Black H1 Small End Hook Stake Holder is a practical bench tool designed to secure stakes firmly in your vise, eliminating the frustrating sl...
View full detailsNC Black H2 Large End Hook Stake Holder
NC Black Co.The NC Black H2 Large End Hook Stake Holder is engineered to keep your stakes firmly in place while you work, eliminating the frustrating slippage ...
View full detailsNC Black Synclastic Forming Kit
NC Black Co.This three-hammer forming kit is built for synclastic (convex) shaping across a wider range of sheet thicknesses, from micro-forming control to hea...
View full detailsNC Black S1 Micro Sinusoidal Stake
NC Black Co.The NC Black S1 Micro Sinusoidal Stake is a precision forming stake developed for fabricating micro-scale anticlastic forms. Its carefully calculat...
View full detailsNC Black 1 Micro Spiculum Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 1 Micro Spiculum Hammer is a precision hand-fabricated tool designed for creating small to micro-sized spiculums from 24GA to 30GA met...
View full detailsNC Black 5 Little Annie Synclastic Forming Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 5 Little Annie Synclastic Forming Hammer is purpose-built for small shell forming work, offering the reach and control that precision ...
View full detailsNC Black 6 Annie Anticlastic/Raising Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 6 Annie Anticlastic/Raising Hammer is purpose-built for metalsmiths who need precise control when raising tiny vessels of all shapes. ...
View full detailsNC Black 7 Padre Anticlastic Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 7 Padre Anticlastic Hammer is a professional-grade forming tool handcrafted in Mount Airy, North Carolina. NC Black Company has been p...
View full detailsNC Black 8 C Hammer
NC Black Co.The C hammer is designed for moving and shaping 20–24 ga sheet metal with controlled, efficient blows, especially when using micro synclastic formi...
View full detailsNC Black 9 Mini C Synclastic Shell Forming Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 9 Mini C Synclastic Shell Forming Hammer is the middle-sized hammer in the NC Black synclastic raising family, sitting between the K H...
View full detailsNC Black 10 Little Alice Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black Little Alice Hammer is a compact, versatile forming hammer engineered for precision micro shell-forming work. Its carefully balanced s...
View full detailsNC Black 11 K Hammer
NC Black Co.The K Hammer is NC Black's superlative Micro Synclastic and Micro Shell Forming hammer — engineered with ideal proportion and weight distribution f...
View full detailsNC Black 12 J Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black J Hammer is an even smaller iteration of the K Hammer, purpose-built for micro shell forming with 26GA to 30GA metals. Its ideal propo...
View full detailsNC Black 14 Micro Spiculum Closing Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 14 Micro Spiculum Closing Hammer is precision-engineered for closing micro-sized spiculums cleanly and without deformation. Developed ...
View full detailsNC Black 15 Long Spiculum Closing Hammer
NC Black Co.The NC Black 15 Long Spiculum Closing Hammer is precision-engineered specifically for closing spiculums of various sizes without deforming them. NC...
View full detailsNC Black BHL Anticlastic Block
NC Black Co.The NC Black BHL Anticlastic Block was designed and used by Betty Helen Longhi for forming anticlastic bracelets. This hardwood forming block accom...
View full detailsNC Black H4 Large Anticlastic Block Holder
NC Black Co.The NC Black H4 Large Anticlastic Block Holder secures your Large Anticlastic Forming Block firmly in a vise, eliminating slippage during forming. ...
View full detailsNC Black H3 Small Anticlastic Block Holder
NC Black Co.The NC Black H3 Small Anticlastic Block Holder is designed to secure your Small Anticlastic Forming Block firmly in a vise, eliminating the frustra...
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