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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: able_walker on March 08, 2017, 01:12:22 PM

Title: Clawhammers?
Post by: able_walker on March 08, 2017, 01:12:22 PM

Found this one the other days at the thrift shop for $2.99....No makers mark but many of them don't. When they are in nice condition and the handles have that vintage character I find them appealing. This one maybe 50's-60's and to nice to pass up with a sharp unmarred nail puller with an old paint finish on the handle that has aged to that ivory color.
(http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y365/Masonjar2/DSC05282_zpsuqsje1mz.jpg) (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/Masonjar2/media/DSC05282_zpsuqsje1mz.jpg.html)

(http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y365/Masonjar2/DSC05283_zpscctwrpvp.jpg) (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/Masonjar2/media/DSC05283_zpscctwrpvp.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Clawhammers?
Post by: Bill Houghton on March 09, 2017, 09:16:22 AM

Nice.  I've stumbled over a couple of (which I think of as) Maydole pattern hammers, which have become my favorites.  David Maydole is generally, though not universally, credited with inventing the adze-eye clawhammer, and his early hammers look like the lower one in this picture:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ECMAAOxyUrZS-mX4/s-l300.jpg)
So why do I have three or so other clawhammers?  Well, you never know...

Title: Re: Clawhammers?
Post by: Northwoods on March 09, 2017, 01:40:25 PM

Refurbished hammers make great gifts for the neighborhood kids and my and my brothers' grandchildren.
Everyone needs a hammer, a handful of nails, and a 3 foot piece of lumber to pound them in.

Title: Re: Clawhammers?
Post by: able_walker on March 09, 2017, 02:10:00 PM

Exactly....My brothers kid is not even 6 yet so if I have a few extra vintage tools I'll pack them off to him for his 8th birthday and he can try his hand at a tree fort!