Nice haul Scott.
In case you haven't already identified it, that 'interesting hammer'
looks like a purpose-made roof slater's tool...
The pick is for punching nail holes through the slate (and for marks the
face of the slate to show where it needs to be trimmed);
the other end is for driving nails;
the shaft betweed head and handle is used (together with a sort of
portable anvil that is driven into a convenient rafter) for cutting
slates to size.
(Some similar hammers also have claws on the side of the head, for
pulling nails)
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Peter Marquis-Kyle
www.marquis-kyle.com.au
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