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WEIRD HAMMER

Started by jabberwoki, August 27, 2024, 08:02:39 PM

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jabberwoki

Saved this from the scrapper or worse.
Any clues as to it`s intended use?

skipskip

not a hammer, its a "struck piece" used by blacksmiths  your apprentice holds it by the handle and you whack it with an actual hammer.

Not sure what this particular one does

Skip
A place for everything and everything on the floor

Yadda

You might say I have a tool collecting problem....

lptools

#3
Hello, jabberwocki and skip . I think that profile  is called  a fuller. And I agree that it is a struck tool!
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moparthug

Looks like it's been hammered on, could it be a body hammer of some sort? Beat that wrecked '38 Chevy back into submission?
Rogue River, OR.

jabberwoki

You don`t need a hammer to beat a chebby up just some harsh words will do the trick.  :grin:

Sudsy

Looks like a hardie hole tool that's been beat on outside of the anvil

lptools

Hello, Sudsy. One of the photos shows a broken handle still in the eye!
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Sudsy

So it does

Now I'm go with an autobody shop hammer

lptools

#9
Hello, Sudsy. I'm sticking with what Skip and jabberwoki  said. The tool was held by the handle by one person and placed where needed. Then it was struck by another person , remember this is hot steel being formed. Also , I am pretty sure that the 1-1/2 on the piece shown is either the size of the fuller , or the width of the fuller head. Auto body hammers are not usually marked for size. Figure D-1479 shows a fuller with an eye for a handle, this tool is meant to be struck by another forging hammer. Clicking on the photo will orient it to the correct position.
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midnitemack

Quote from: Sudsy on August 30, 2024, 08:07:47 AM
Looks like a hardie hole tool that's been beat on outside of the anvil
I jumped to that conclusion too initially until I saw the handle hole !!!!

jabberwoki


Uncle Buck

Absolutely a hammer as evidenced by the hole for the hammer. Note, it is not a round hole either, but the commonly found on hammer heads, elongated.

wvtools

It is not a hammer.  It is called a struck anvil tool; a top fuller in this case.  You hold it on top of the work, usually with a bottom swage hardie tool under it, and then hit this tool with the hand sledge.  It takes three arms to perform this function.  That is why most blacksmiths had apprentices/helpers and why someone invented a trip hammer.

oldgoaly

looks a bit like  the one  top right of this page
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