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Woodworking Forum => Woodworking Forum => Topic started by: Navaja on November 02, 2016, 04:56:04 PM
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I can't tell you anything about this except it's Spanish & would've had a round "slip through" handle.
Thought you might like to see it.
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s275/bailey80808/DSC07193_zpslqp87dhz.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s275/bailey80808/DSC07190_zpsepz3vljg.jpg)
Sadly I can't make out what's written in the cross.
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s275/bailey80808/DSC07194_zpsqk5mmd1o.jpg)
Nothing very special I know but it makes me smile, it's like a 3D cartoon of a claw hammer!
If anyone could tell me anything about it that'd be great.
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Looks like it came from the Bizarro world.
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Had to google Bizarro world, you're quite right! :-)
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Very unusual overall. Looks like someone mistook the claw for a ball peen. It does appear to be forged.
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education please? what tells you it's Spanish? the style? the "X" mark?
Joe B
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education please? what tells you it's Spanish? the style? the "X" mark?
Joe B
Sorry for the late reply.
That really should have read " I found it in Spain" rather than it's Spanish, it could be from anywhere really.
The "X" mark is in fact lettering of some description but impossible to make out.
May I ask, why do you ask? :-)
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It's now got a handle & found some friends!
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s275/bailey80808/DSC07763_zpslazpiiei.jpg)
Before the two smaller ones were cleaned up, the middle one is clearly marked with the universal microwave symbol......
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s275/bailey80808/DSC07748_zpsa8bmlgca.jpg)
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Those look real nice! Are they all from Spain? Funny how the design is so different from hammers I see around here, and yet they perform the same functions.
Ooh, by the way, the weather app on my phone says that's the symbol for fog :wink:
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Navaja, are you from Spain ?
by the way, they are a nice set.
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Nice job with the cleaning and handles; although that piece of pipe looked pretty classic. :tongue:
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Those look real nice! Are they all from Spain? Funny how the design is so different from hammers I see around here, and yet they perform the same functions.
Ooh, by the way, the weather app on my phone says that's the symbol for fog :wink:
Hi Plyerman, as far as I know they are Spanish.
Of course incresingly over the past few decades Spain has had pretty much the same choise as the rest of Europe (& USA if imported here) in brands of claw hammer, but funnily in some older iron mongers "slip" handle claw hammers can still be found. A few below, the smallest having an oval section handle rather than round.
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s275/bailey80808/DSC07768_zpsydid1dfw.jpg)
Thanks for the fog symbol comment, made me laugh.
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Navaja, are you from Spain ?
by the way, they are a nice set.
I was born & schooled in northern England, lived in southern Spain for the past 22 years.
Glad you like the hammers.
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Nice job with the cleaning and handles; although that piece of pipe looked pretty classic. :tongue:
Thanks.
Yes they are often in a mess when found, that handle was actually dirty wood but too far gone to save, it does look like pipe, & yes like most here I have seen some "wonderful" pipe handles.
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That handle design has the virtue of being self-tightening. Over the years, I've replaced a few hammer handles that had shrunk too much for salvation with yet another wedge.
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Nice work on the clean up. The handle really complete the picture.
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That handle design has the virtue of being self-tightening. Over the years, I've replaced a few hammer handles that had shrunk too much for salvation with yet another wedge.
Yes, if the head comes loose a quick tap downwards on something solid re-seats it.
Though they are perfectly functional, the round handle feels a bit lacking compared to a wooden oval section shaped handled hammer (but then a wooden oval section hammer feels lacking compared to a modern "soft grip" hammer handle!).
If you were in the middle of nowhere they would be a good style as a user, otherwise give me a modern claw hammer ;-)