any history is welcome.... im just curious as to the reason there had to be made a 'junior' version....  there is plenty of info out there on this one... but i see the mfg altered is name stamp a few times....

"Junior" was probably just a marketing ploy, as back in the day, crate hammers such as this were used to open yesterday's equivalent of today's cardboard boxes....wooden crates. They probably billed these toward a clientele that received things in smaller crates, thus the need for a smaller crate hammer to open or close the crate.

makes sense..... saw somewhere that they were in a catalog as cigar box openers....

Bridgeport also made a Tomahawk that was larger than the one you have.  They have wooden scales on each side(like a PH screwdriver).

A cigar box hammer is smaller yet, and is much more scarce.

Mike

You can still buy crate hammers new today - usually made in India or China, and these days called a 'multitool', 'survival hatchet' 'trucker's friend' 'hammer axe' etc

You say that info is available . Under what name?  bob w.

oh no! I meant that there is plenty of info on the item-- i was interested in the social context of needing a 'junior' version!

It's for the kids to throw and practice with! LOL



(I took this at the Ft. Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous a few years ago)

That's great!!!!