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Title: Hammer ID requested
Post by: bill300d on October 04, 2015, 12:21:16 PM
I picked this up a while back for a dollar and have been trying to ID it. Have you ever seen one like this? It has no identifying marks at all.
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: oldgoaly on October 04, 2015, 02:40:28 PM
looks like it was a shop made
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: leg17 on October 04, 2015, 03:44:15 PM
The rope knurling suggests to me that it was made pre-WWI.
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: Yadda on October 04, 2015, 03:58:46 PM
That was a dollar well spent.
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: Chillylulu on October 05, 2015, 08:56:55 PM
It looks like a silversmith's planishing hammer. Coppersmith,  tinsmith, etc.

Would have had mirror finishes.

Chilly
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: Chad on November 08, 2015, 06:28:03 PM
It's a raising hammer for sheet metal work.
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: Chillylulu on November 21, 2015, 04:31:27 PM
Quote from: Chad on November 08, 2015, 06:28:03 PM
It's a raising hammer for sheet metal work.

Not quite, raising hammers are wide one way and short the other, so that you van "raise" thr metal.  Planishing hammers usually have a flat face and a slightly domed face. They are used for smoothing out a form after working it.

I'll try to get mine out and take a couple of pictures.  I have plenty of both types, modern and vintage.

Chilly
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: bill300d on November 21, 2015, 07:51:29 PM
Thanks for education on raising and planishing hammers guys.  A couple of weeks ago while perusing a trade journal on google books I ran across an ad for a hammer that looked just like the one in my photos. I thought that I copied the page but now can't find it nor can i remember the name of the manufacturer.
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: oldgoaly on November 21, 2015, 08:13:07 PM
raising / blocking hammers for sheet metal  Pexto & Niagara were the bigger makers.
You can find thier catalogs here
http://www.thesheetmetalshop.com/module-htmlpages-display-pid-128.html
plus many other good S/M tools & equipment
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: Chillylulu on December 07, 2015, 10:43:27 PM
Quote from: oldgoaly on November 21, 2015, 08:13:07 PM
raising / blocking hammers for sheet metal  Pexto & Niagara were the bigger makers.
You can find thier catalogs here
http://www.thesheetmetalshop.com/module-htmlpages-display-pid-128.html
plus many other good S/M tools & equipment

WHAT?!??!! Is Papaws Wrench going 50 shades? S/M tools and equipment.  If the infamous Marquis was alive today he would be spinning in his grave!

Chilly  :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: Bill Houghton on December 08, 2015, 01:57:29 PM
I think that's S AND M, Chilly.
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: Chillylulu on December 11, 2015, 01:24:42 AM
Quote from: Bill Houghton on December 08, 2015, 01:57:29 PM
I think that's S AND M, Chilly.

There's more than one?!?  I've led a sheltered existence.  I usually end up asking my kids what these shady things mean.

(I'm sure someone is going to tell me that its not shady, rather shades. And that there's more than 4 dozen.)

Chilly
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: Bill Houghton on December 11, 2015, 01:17:39 PM
You must have a good relationship with your kids if they're willing to tell you.
Title: Re: Hammer ID requested
Post by: Chillylulu on December 13, 2015, 04:00:34 PM
Quote from: Bill Houghton on December 11, 2015, 01:17:39 PM
You must have a good relationship with your kids if they're willing to tell you.

Yeah, they tell me more than I want to know.

Chilly