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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: HeelSpur on September 12, 2013, 12:24:26 PM

Title: What are these hammers for?
Post by: HeelSpur on September 12, 2013, 12:24:26 PM

Found these some years back and made handles for them just to hang on the wall but never knew what there real purpose was. I have a few guesses but they are just guesses.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img22/3513/nrdz.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img593/3352/gpwq.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img22/2032/axjb.jpg)

Title: Re: What are these hammers for?
Post by: oldgoaly on September 12, 2013, 01:15:10 PM

The proper term for them?  no idea!  Large one I have heard them called a rock / geologist's hammer,  The small one is one I've used for flanges in sheet metal, a variation of a tinner's hammer.   

Title: Re: What are these hammers for?
Post by: Branson on September 15, 2013, 09:36:09 AM

The large one *is* a geologist's hammer.  These are favored by rock-hounds everywhere.

Title: Re: What are these hammers for?
Post by: Billman49 on September 15, 2013, 09:47:36 AM

Small one is a chipping hammer or descaling hammer - see the other post on the forum this week.

Title: Re: What are these hammers for?
Post by: Ietech on September 15, 2013, 03:24:11 PM

The small one is a cross peen/straight peen combination. ( I Think ) I'm really not sure. Based on the Masons pick hammer that you show also the small one is prolly rock related but sure looks like a variation of the different types of peen hammers. I googled the different types and found nothing exactly like yours.   BTW The handles you made look great. :)