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268704 "Ed O'" <edo@e...> 2019‑06‑17 Help with identifying a hammer
I picked up a hammer like tool a couple of weeks ago and cannot find it in "The
Hammer - The King of Tools" book by Ron Baird and am unsure what it is for,
anybody know?

See here:

https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2281.jpg
https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2283.jpg
https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2284.jpg
https://www.edoii.com/auction/Hammer/img_2285.jpg

Here's how I would describe it: One face is about 7/8 square with the waffling
you see on a meat tenderizer (at 7/8 square I am thinking too small for a meat
tenderizer).  Other end has a curved pick on it.  Has what I think are ground
casting lines on each side.  Top of head is machined very smooth with a slight
concavity to it.  Handle is the shape I would associate with a ball peen hammer,
good patina on it and properly wedged and fitted so looks original.

As I said, I don't think it is a meat tenderizer (too small a face and what is
the pick for?).  I thought maybe stone work, but I would think it would be more
deformed from use.  Maybe for dealing with blocks of ice, but I would think the
pick would be straight instead of curved.

Seems too small for a climbing hammer.  Snow knockers usually have clips at end.

Ed O'

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