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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: fliffy42 on February 08, 2012, 10:53:52 AM

Title: Mark on Hammer
Post by: fliffy42 on February 08, 2012, 10:53:52 AM

Anyone have any insight on this hammer head? It is marked P & F...

Title: Re: Mark on Hammer
Post by: BruceS on February 08, 2012, 08:28:48 PM

Wondering if it wasn't Rail Road property at one time ?    Pioneer & Fayette RR.   
Is it from the Toledo Ohio area ?

Title: Re: Mark on Hammer
Post by: anglesmith on February 08, 2012, 09:18:47 PM

From the postioning and orientation it does look more an owner's marking than a manufacture's brand. Just thought!
A light wire brushing might reveal more, in either case it looks like it's still a good user.
Graeme

Title: Re: Mark on Hammer
Post by: rusty on February 09, 2012, 04:24:53 PM

The hammer has an odd feature, the flat side of the hammer runs into one of the flats going into the head (right), usually a ball pein hammer is cut in there to match the other flats......

Title: Re: Mark on Hammer
Post by: Branson on February 09, 2012, 06:23:35 PM

Quote from: rusty on February 09, 2012, 04:24:53 PM

The hammer has an odd feature, the flat side of the hammer runs into one of the flats going into the head (right), usually a ball pein hammer is cut in there to match the other flats......

It's just a variation in ball peins.  The Heller I just got from Frank Lee is made like that, and I have at least one other.  (Maybe more -- I kinda stopped noticing the differences)  I think it may be an older pattern.  I haven't chased down information on it, but the first one I got is definitely an elderly ball pein.   If anybody knows more about this pattern, I'd sure like to know.