Sledge Hammers!

Square_peg said:
That's a curious tool. Purpose made for something. Is it welded on?
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I believe that it is one piece, and I think that it is designed for making impressions/designs in hot metal. I have several of those in my pile of finds that I haven't done anything with yet.
 
Yes it appears to be one piece, although I thought it could be sharpened and used to hog out timbers but it would be for lefty's. I was wrong found some similar ones looking for vintage blacksmiths tools. I was more jazzed by the rectangle eye in the cross pien.
Thanks for your input.
Rick
 
It looks like a modified sledge. Some material has been removed. I just wondered if the point was original material drawn out or just a piece welded on. Might have been used for descaling a boiler by a left handed man.
 
Square, here are 3 for comparison and I think your right it was a cut down and welded or repaired also a stamp -7/8- last pic.









 
RICKOFF said:
Square, here are 3 for comparison and I think your right it was a cut down and welded or repaired also a stamp -7/8- last pic

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I agree. Although I have seen such tools before, that one looks fabricated. I'll bet that it was made from a punch.
 
Thanks jb, the 7/8 stamp was a dead give away.

Jackson Backing-Out Punch Hammer, 2.25lb, 7/8" dia, 16" Hickory Handle
 
A nice old 3lb Soderfors Cast Steel 3lb head on a new 18" handle, and a very nice old large hatchet head on a reused handle. The hatchet is what I consider a high quality low value head.



 
Haven't seen one of these before, from an old auction listing, a 50 pound sledgehammer from Plumb. The head is over a foot long, and it's said to be sitting on a 300-pound anvil.

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HUGE 50 lb. PLUMB SLEDGE HAMMER Blacksmith Anvil 1800s
Overall length 36 1/2", handle length 32", head: 4 1/2" tall, 4 3/4" wide, and 12 1/2" long, total actual weight 51 lbs.
 
Steve Tall said:
Haven't seen one of these before, from an old auction listing, a 50 pound sledgehammer from Plumb. The head is over a foot long, and it's said to be sitting on a 300-pound anvil.

HUGE 50 lb. PLUMB SLEDGE HAMMER Blacksmith Anvil 1800s
Overall length 36 1/2", handle length 32", head: 4 1/2" tall, 4 3/4" wide, and 12 1/2" long, total actual weight 51 lbs.
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That's crazy. The biggest that I have seen is 20lb, and 40lb is the biggest that I have even heard of. I wonder what the use case was.
 
jblyttle said:
That's crazy. The biggest that I have seen is 20lb, and 40lb is the biggest that I have even heard of. I wonder what the use case was.
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Used for hitting tires? ;)

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To me it seems like an odd place to have a tire and a sledge hammer at the same time no matter what size they are, JMTC.
 
I recently found this Quikwerk 3lb hammer. The handle that was on it had no wedge left. Instead it had 4 screws and a couple of washers pounded in to act like a wedge. I reused a cut of handle that was laying around and hung it properly.
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Now I'm on a Quikwerk binge. I picked up a 16lb straight pein head to rehang this weekend.

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This thing is a beast. Demolition will be much more fun with this little guy.
 
This is for folks (hint hint jb) that are reticent about cross wedging (without using metal wedges) in oval eyes; here's one I did on a W Gilpin sledge (picture of the stamp is on post #3 of this thread) almost 30 years ago. You'll notice the thin wedges have very slowly been backing out (about 1/16") but the head has not come loose. The scavenged ash logs I've been splitting with it are gnarly and about 2 feet long.

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An old Pexto head, a huge 3.5lb ballpein on an 18" House Handle, and a 7lb NYNHRR (Hubbard) head on a 20" saved sledge handle section.




 
A few I just finished but....

I needed a rack

Looks like I'm gonna need a bigger rack!


L-R 3# Hubbard, 1.5# PLUMB, 2.5# Vaughan & Bushnell, 4# Fayette R Plumb W/Anchor Nevada, 4# Warren and 4# Woodings -Verona
 
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