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Offline UncleBill

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Help identify hammer please :)
« on: February 20, 2018, 11:51:23 AM »
No maker marks.  4 1/2" from head to tail.  I can't find another one on the net..
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Offline john k

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2018, 12:33:20 PM »
Looks a lot like from the 1920s, with the roundness of the body.  My feeling is someone took an ordinary ball peen, ground down the ball end, and tried out his knurling tool on the lathe.  Sure is a sharp looking hammer now.  Certainly no one else in a shop would have one like it.
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Offline UncleBill

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2018, 12:44:41 PM »
Thanks for the input.  Did you see the "S" wedge pin in the hammer eye?
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Offline Northwoods

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2018, 01:39:56 PM »
Definitely cool!
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Offline gibsontool

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2018, 01:41:33 PM »
Noticed that s pin, never seen that before. Nice hammer.
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Offline lptools

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2018, 02:30:04 PM »
Nice find!!!!!!!
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Offline leg17

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2018, 07:32:06 PM »
Looks like file work instead of knurling.
Notice the uneven pitch.
Either modified a 'store-bought' or the whole thing is craftsman made.
Nice job in any event.
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Offline turnnut

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2018, 08:57:38 PM »
 yes, that wedge caught my eye, 1st time that I have seen an S wedge.  nice hammer.
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Offline Plyerman

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2018, 03:49:13 PM »
I agree, definitely file work. My bet is the whole thing is machinist-made. Very nice.
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Offline john k

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2018, 10:14:03 PM »
Have seen S wedges, but only in big sledge hammers and axes,,,
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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2018, 01:14:30 PM »
Hello, John. I was looking at some of my tack hammers, and came across this. Looks like a factory wedge & handle. Regards, Lou
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Offline johnsironsanctuary

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Re: Help identify hammer please :)
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2018, 01:32:20 PM »
I am with John K. Looks like a very old store bought hammer that was personalized by Alvin or Alphonse Corn. A.Corn  :grin:
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