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268704 | "Ed O'" <edo@e...> | 2019‑06‑17 | Help with identifying a hammer |
I picked up a hammer like tool a couple of weeks ago and cannot find it in "The Hammer - The King of Tools" book by Ron Baird and am unsure what it is for, anybody know? See here: https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2281.jpg https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2283.jpg https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2284.jpg https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2285.jpg Here's how I would describe it: One face is about 7/8 square with the waffling you see on a meat tenderizer (at 7/8 square I am thinking too small for a meat tenderizer). Other end has a curved pick on it. Has what I think are ground casting lines on each side. Top of head is machined very smooth with a slight concavity to it. Handle is the shape I would associate with a ball peen hammer, good patina on it and properly wedged and fitted so looks original. As I said, I don't think it is a meat tenderizer (too small a face and what is the pick for?). I thought maybe stone work, but I would think it would be more deformed from use. Maybe for dealing with blocks of ice, but I would think the pick would be straight instead of curved. Seems too small for a climbing hammer. Snow knockers usually have clips at end. Ed O' |
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268705 | Spike Cornelius <spikethebike@c...> | 2019‑06‑17 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
My guess is silversmithing. Best, Spike Sent from the seat of my pants |
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268706 | Spike Cornelius <spikethebike@c...> | 2019‑06‑17 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
Or leather work. ;-) Sent from the seat of my pants |
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268707 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2019‑06‑17 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
On 2019-06-17 1:19 p.m., Ed O' wrote: > I picked up a hammer like tool a couple of weeks ago and cannot find it in "The Hammer - The King of Tools" book by Ron Baird and am unsure what it is for, anybody know? > > See here: > > https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2281.jpg > https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2283.jpg > https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2284.jpg > https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2285.jpg > > Here's how I would describe it: One face is about 7/8 square with the waffling you see on a meat tenderizer (at 7/8 square I am thinking too small for a meat tenderizer). Other end has a curved pick on it. If it weren't for the waffling, I'd say it's a rock pick, a type of geologists' hammer. FWIW Don -- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Isaac Asimov Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect. - unknown Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. Thomas Paine Being offended doesn't make you right. |
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268708 | Bob Page | 2019‑06‑17 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
Ed, It is a shrinking hammer used to smooth out stretched metal on automobile body work. Google it and you'll see a number of examples with diamond and swirl patterns on the hammer face. Bob PageIn da U.P. of Michigan On Monday, June 17, 2019, 3:23:29 PM EDT, Ed O' |
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268710 | Erik Levin | 2019‑06‑17 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
Bob wrote: > It is a shrinking hammer used to smooth out stretched metal on automobile body work. Quite possible, but that wasn't my first thought. My first though was a stone masons hammer. The shrinking hammers I have seen generally have larger faces, and I have never seen one with a pick on one end (which only means I have never seen one, not that they don't exist). Stone hammers I have used have smaller faces like this one, not wider than the body, and sometimes have a sharp or round pick end. *** This message was sent from a convenience email service, and the reply address(es) may not match the originating address |
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268712 | Mike Rock <mikerock@m...> | 2019‑06‑17 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
I went through stone masons and sculptors hammers and none had the opposing point. Also the outside row of points on the bush face are too weak for stone use, soft or hard rock. I spent a summer working on Crazy Horse and saw all of Korczak's hand tools in the studio. Also saw chunks of Carrera marble the size of two Volkswagon vans end to end. Those were some beautiful chunks of rock! He taught me basic sculpture for the heck of it. Fun man, had a heck of a life. |
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268713 | Anthony Seo | 2019‑06‑17 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
On 6/17/2019 3:19 PM, Ed O' wrote: > I picked up a hammer like tool a couple of weeks ago and cannot find it in "The Hammer - The King of Tools" book by Ron Baird and am unsure what it is for, anybody know? > > See here: > > https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2281.jpg That is a welder's slag chipping hammer, very common around here and they are still being made. Tony (.........) -- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tonyseomusic Old River Hard Goods http://oldetoolshop.com/ |
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268714 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2019‑06‑17 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
On 2019-06-17 2:01 p.m., Bob Page via OldTools wrote: > It is a shrinking hammer used to smooth out stretched metal on automobile body work. > Google it and you'll see a number of examples with diamond and swirl patterns on the hammer face. > Bob PageIn da U.P. of Michigan But none of the images G found me showed a curved pick. Curved chisels, straight picks, but no curved picks. FWIW Don -- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Isaac Asimov Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect. - unknown Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. Thomas Paine Being offended doesn't make you right. |
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268716 | Nick Jonkman <njonkman@x...> | 2019‑06‑17 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
I have been welding for about 60 years and have never seen a chipping hammer with a flat or diamond cut face as you see here and the point is too thick as well. In my opinion that thing would be useless for a welder. A chipping hammer require a chisel edge and sharp point As a shrinking hammer the face is too small and the checkering too course you would quickly destroy the sheet metal with that thing. I also have 60 years experience with that work as well. It is not for a welder and not for body work. I cannot guess what it might really be for. Nick |
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268717 | David Wittner <dwittne@u...> | 2019‑06‑18 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
I believe that’s a shrinking hammer. DGW Sent from my iPhone |
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268718 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2019‑06‑18 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
I've done very little welding, but I worked in a steel plant where there were dozens of welders and welders' chipping hammers. I agree totally with Nick. FWIW Don On 2019-06-17 5:35 p.m., Nick Jonkman wrote: > I have been welding for about 60 years and have never seen a chipping > hammer with a flat or diamond cut face as you see here and the point > is too thick as well. In my opinion that thing would be useless for a > welder. A chipping hammer require a chisel edge and sharp point As a > shrinking hammer the face is too small and the checkering too course > you would quickly destroy the sheet metal with that thing. I also have > 60 years experience with that work as well. It is not for a welder and > not for body work. I cannot guess what it might really be for. > > Nick > > > On 19-06-17 5:54 PM, Anthony Seo via OldTools wrote: >> On 6/17/2019 3:19 PM, Ed O' wrote: >>> I picked up a hammer like tool a couple of weeks ago and cannot find >>> it in "The Hammer - The King of Tools" book by Ron Baird and am >>> unsure what it is for, anybody know? >>> >>> See here: >>> >>> https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2281.jpg >> >> That is a welder's slag chipping hammer, very common around here and >> they are still being made. >> >> Tony (.........) >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool > aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage, > value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of > traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools. > > To change your subscription options: > https://oldtools.swingleydev.com/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > > To read the FAQ: > https://swingleydev.com/archive/faq.html > > OldTools archive: https://swingleydev.com/ot/ > > OldTools@s... -- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Isaac Asimov Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect. - unknown Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. Thomas Paine Being offended doesn't make you right. |
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268719 | Erik Levin | 2019‑06‑18 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
I've done a fair bit of welding (shipyard, tank, and industrial, but not pipeline) over the last 35 years since the trade classes, and have never seen a bush-faced slag hammer. Google "bush hammer with pick" and quite similar hammers show, intended for stone work. I will go with my first thought that it is intended for stone work. *** This message was sent from a convenience email service, and the reply address(es) may not match the originating address |
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268720 | mick dowling <spacelysprocket@b...> | 2019‑06‑18 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
That's a thumb hitting hammer. Come in a wide variety of patterns. Mick Dowling Melbourne Australia ------ Original Message ------ From: "Ed O'" |
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268721 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2019‑06‑18 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
That particular form is known as a thumb-waffling hammer. Here in Canada, it's lubrificated with maple syrup! Don On 2019-06-17 9:46 p.m., mick dowling wrote: > That's a thumb hitting hammer. Come in a wide variety of patterns. > > Mick Dowling > Melbourne Australia > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Ed O'" |
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268746 | W Pickens <ws.pickens@w...> | 2019‑06‑25 | Re: Help with identifying a hammer |
Looks like a stone hammer to me Sam |
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