Planishing

Diagram of planishing, showing planishing hammer, workpiece, and planishing stake (hammer not to scale)

Planishing (from the Latin planus, "flat")[1] is a metalworking technique that involves finishing the surface of sheet metal by finely shaping and smoothing it.

  1. ^ McCreight, Tim (1991). The Complete Metalsmith. Worcester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications. p. 61. ISBN 0-87192-240-1.