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Offline Billman49

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Re: Help with hammer
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2016, 03:49:56 AM »
It would be ideal for separating fish-plates that had rusted onto the rails when renewing lengths of track... It does look at first glance as a blacksmith's hot sett, so could also have been used in a repair shop forge....

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Re: Help with hammer
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2016, 08:17:52 PM »
It is track chisel (cut devil, rail splitter, etc). Never intended to be used as a hot set. Never even heard of a hot set that is sharp. Most "set" tools are for refining internal corners in hot forge work, or in a pinch, as a small flatter.

 These are common to find around most places that had track running through them, at least on the east coast. I have seen them from several different manufacturers....warwood, woodings Verona are two commonly found in my area.

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