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Title: Really weird hammer
Post by: rusty on February 14, 2012, 05:58:46 PM

Never seen one of these...ever....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Macadam-Nappan-Knocker-Hammer-1-lb-8-oz-TW-Rare-/130645712177?_trksid=p4340.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D15%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6333336519927724690

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: amertrac on February 14, 2012, 06:04:29 PM

very interesting  bob w.

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: anglesmith on February 14, 2012, 06:23:22 PM

Surley its some sort of" testing" or maybe a flint napping hammer? But I can't imagine someone sitting in the middle of the road breaking stone into 3/4" gravel size pieces with 1,1/2lb thin handled hammer! Does nappan = napping?
Graeme

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on February 14, 2012, 07:44:06 PM

I think that it is an anesthetic for cows at the slaughterhouse.

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: Branson on February 15, 2012, 08:46:49 AM

I'm pretty sure that this is a stone carving mallet.

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on February 15, 2012, 12:10:46 PM

I don't think so Branson. The close up shows a rough cast iron texture. Unless it is unused, the head would have marks from thumping on hardened chisels.

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: keykeeper on February 15, 2012, 01:46:41 PM

I've seen them listed in old catalogs as macadamizing hammers as well.

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: lazyassforge on February 15, 2012, 02:06:55 PM

I didn't think the answer about the hammer being used to make gravel was right! So I searched and found this site with a print of people using simular hammers to make gravel! I was wrong!

http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=484

Interesting, How long did it take them to pave a mile?

Hope this helps, Bill D.

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: Papaw on February 15, 2012, 04:25:13 PM

I knew about macadam roads from studies in history, even to the resulting tarmac roads later, but never knew the full story until now.
Thanks for that link!

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: Branson on February 16, 2012, 08:09:57 AM

Quote from: johnsironsanctuary on February 15, 2012, 12:10:46 PM

I don't think so Branson. The close up shows a rough cast iron texture. Unless it is unused, the head would have marks from thumping on hardened chisels.

Just to point out, if it was used to break up stone, as apparently it was  (I should have looked at the rest of the pictures) it would have had marks from thumping on stone -- quartz is a good deal harder (70 Rockwell) than most chisels.

Title: Re: Really weird hammer
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on February 16, 2012, 08:35:47 AM

But not from limestone or other soft aggregates.