Wedge shaped hammer

[RedVise]

Picked up a wedge shaped hammer this weekend.
Looks like it is from Worcester , Company name looks like St something,
and the patent date is not clear either.
Note the hole running thru the head...

Any clues on this one ?

Brian

Also neat oil can and more chisels, one from Sheffield.

[rusty]

Weird. Don't know of any hammer makers in Worcester.

Long wedge, long handle, uselessly short head, makes me think tire bead breaker..

Vaguely like 2525429

[RedVise]

Looks like it is from St Pierre MFG  , located in Worcester MA.

Brian

[rusty]

>St Pierre MFG  .
Used to make chain...

Hmm, perhaps a (big) chain breaker?

[Branson]

Got two of these, both of which have been kept sharp, and work at the forge as chisels.  In fact, one came with a bunch of tools I bought from an old blacksmith.

[RedVise]

Branson, mine is small. They work as chisels ?  Obviously I have no metal work background...


Brian

[mikeswrenches]

St. Pierre made tire chain pliers along with the chains.  Maybe these were used on really big chains instead of the pliers.

Mike

[oldgoaly]

To me they look like a smallish version of a Blacksmith's cutter or cutoff tool it would be struck by another larger hammer. so a chain cutter is possible.

[Branson]

Branson, mine is small. They work as chisels ?  Obviously I have no metal work background...
Brian

Mine are small, too.  So were the chisels issued with the mountain howitzer -- in fact, about the same size.

[RedVise]

Thanks for the info guys!  Now, about that hole in the other end of the hammer... ?
I will try and clean it out tonight.


Brian


PS: them smileys aint doing much for me...

[Branson]

Thanks for the info guys!  Now, about that hole in the other end of the hammer... ?
I will try and clean it out tonight.
Brian

Why, so you can put it on a chain and wear it as a pendent, of course.

Dunno, mine have the hole, too. 

[rusty]

Hole for pin to hold on replaceable face?

[bear_man]

I agree with it being a blacksmith's cutting tool, but whether for "hot work" or "cold," I don't recall the give-away distinctions between the two versions.  The one "hammer" — inexact because it was struck by one, not used as one — I used to own was for cold cutting.  Maybe the hole was provided to temporarily hold a "pin" to keep it from being driven inside, say, a barrel when one is removing one end of one?  Okay, go ahead and sneer or snort — I say that at times there's nothing wrong with blue-sky speculation.   *he quick carpes the diem and snorts @&w/ himself*

[Branson]

I agree with it being a blacksmith's cutting tool, but whether for "hot work" or "cold," I don't recall the give-away distinctions between the two versions.  The one "hammer" — inexact because it was struck by one, not used as one — I used to own was for cold cutting.  Maybe the hole was provided to temporarily hold a "pin" to keep it from being driven inside, say, a barrel when one is removing one end of one?  Okay, go ahead and sneer or snort — I say that at times there's nothing wrong with blue-sky speculation.   *he quick carpes the diem and snorts @&w/ himself*

Hot cuts have slimmer blades; cold cuts are hefty to take being hammered into cold metal.  I use my little guy for hot cutting.  I can maybe see the hole holding a pin, but then, the thing would have had to go through the handle before the pin would do any good...

[keykeeper]

Creaser to form the crease when making horseshoes????, I base that on the size. Not enough mass or length to be a hot cut.

The hole is curious, though.