A millstone dressing hammer?

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Peter Marquis-Kyle
www.marquis-kyle.com.au
On 5/09/2015 11:55 AM, scott grandstaff wrote:
>   Well yard sale today! One of my favorite pickers came to town
> with a load of junk.
>    I creamed it early :)
> I found this tool among other things I needed oh-so-badly. heeheh.
>
>     Wish the Millrat was here to make fun of me.
> Its probably something from one of the kinds of mills he worked in,
>   instead of the kind I know.  All mills is not the same mills.
>
>     Its elegantly forged, the inlaid hard steel cutting bits at each end
> are very apparent. It is deeply stamped but with a crude stamp. It
> really looks like City Tool Works, Cal to me
>    The Cal is very clear. The rest well....... not so much
>
>   Anyone have ideas? guesses? Could be for wood, could be for barnacles
> or grinding stones for all I know. Never saw the pattern.
>
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>   yours Scott
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