Picked up a wedge shaped hammer this weekend.
Looks like it is from Worcester , Company name looks like St something,
and the patent date is not clear either.
Note the hole running thru the head...

Any clues on this one ?

Brian

Also neat oil can and more chisels, one from Sheffield.

Weird. Don't know of any hammer makers in Worcester.

Long wedge, long handle, uselessly short head, makes me think tire bead breaker..

Vaguely like 2525429

Looks like it is from St Pierre MFG  , located in Worcester MA.

Brian

>St Pierre MFG  .
Used to make chain...

Hmm, perhaps a (big) chain breaker?

Got two of these, both of which have been kept sharp, and work at the forge as chisels.  In fact, one came with a bunch of tools I bought from an old blacksmith.

Branson, mine is small. They work as chisels ?  Obviously I have no metal work background...


Brian

St. Pierre made tire chain pliers along with the chains.  Maybe these were used on really big chains instead of the pliers.

Mike

To me they look like a smallish version of a Blacksmith's cutter or cutoff tool it would be struck by another larger hammer. so a chain cutter is possible.

Quote from: RedVise on May 12, 2014, 08:17:41 AM
Branson, mine is small. They work as chisels ?  Obviously I have no metal work background...
Brian

Mine are small, too.  So were the chisels issued with the mountain howitzer -- in fact, about the same size.

Thanks for the info guys!  Now, about that hole in the other end of the hammer... ?
I will try and clean it out tonight.


Brian


PS: them smileys aint doing much for me...

Quote from: RedVise on May 13, 2014, 07:54:38 AM
Thanks for the info guys!  Now, about that hole in the other end of the hammer... ?
I will try and clean it out tonight.
Brian

Why, so you can put it on a chain and wear it as a pendent, of course.

Dunno, mine have the hole, too. 

Hole for pin to hold on replaceable face?

I agree with it being a blacksmith's cutting tool, but whether for "hot work" or "cold," I don't recall the give-away distinctions between the two versions.  The one "hammer" — inexact because it was struck by one, not used as one — I used to own was for cold cutting.  Maybe the hole was provided to temporarily hold a "pin" to keep it from being driven inside, say, a barrel when one is removing one end of one?  Okay, go ahead and sneer or snort — I say that at times there's nothing wrong with blue-sky speculation.   *he quick carpes the diem and snorts @&w/ himself*

Quote from: bear_man on June 04, 2014, 02:22:42 AM
I agree with it being a blacksmith's cutting tool, but whether for "hot work" or "cold," I don't recall the give-away distinctions between the two versions.  The one "hammer" — inexact because it was struck by one, not used as one — I used to own was for cold cutting.  Maybe the hole was provided to temporarily hold a "pin" to keep it from being driven inside, say, a barrel when one is removing one end of one?  Okay, go ahead and sneer or snort — I say that at times there's nothing wrong with blue-sky speculation.   *he quick carpes the diem and snorts @&w/ himself*

Hot cuts have slimmer blades; cold cuts are hefty to take being hammered into cold metal.  I use my little guy for hot cutting.  I can maybe see the hole holding a pin, but then, the thing would have had to go through the handle before the pin would do any good...

Creaser to form the crease when making horseshoes????, I base that on the size. Not enough mass or length to be a hot cut.

The hole is curious, though.