Sledge Hammers!

jake pogg said:
Sorry,it's not.It is a set-hammer,used for shouldering.



I've never heard that coppersmiths have different names for their tools.Looks like a common raising hammer.Suitable for raising or setting down any metal worked in like fashion.
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OK, I'm not the expert. When looking I googled coppersmith hammer and all the image results were hammers like these. Also, that looked like a flatter to me and Miriam Webster calls a set hammer a flatter. So I guess I was misled.
 
jblyttle said:
OK, I'm not the expert. When looking I googled coppersmith hammer and all the image results were hammers like these. Also, that looked like a flatter to me and Miriam Webster calls a set hammer a flatter. So I guess I was misled.
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That is surprising. It is a set hammer and a nice one.
 
Yes,there's somewhat of a confusion with terms:"Set" can be used as a general term for any Set-,or Struck tool;but also (as in this case) for a tool that is used to Set the steel Down in an abrupt,localised manner.

The difference would be that the Set-hammer's face is small and concentrated,limited in it's area in order to transfer the impact of the blow.

Conversely,a flatter is extended into a wide flange covering a large area,that's so that the impact gradually lessens and dissipates toward the edges,it is that which allows the "flatting" blows to blend together to create a continuous surface,or the edges will mar the work.

(i'm not an expert either....the more time one puts in at the anvil the less of an expert one becomes.....:)
 
jake pogg said:
Yes,there's somewhat of a confusion with terms:"Set" can be used as a general term for any Set-,or Struck tool;but also (as in this case) for a tool that is used to Set the steel Down in an abrupt,localised manner.

The difference would be that the Set-hammer's face is small and concentrated,limited in it's area in order to transfer the impact of the blow.

Conversely,a flatter is extended into a wide flange covering a large area,that's so that the impact gradually lessens and dissipates toward the edges,it is that which allows the "flatting" blows to blend together to create a continuous surface,or the edges will mar the work.

(i'm not an expert either....the more time one puts in at the anvil the less of an expert one becomes.....:)
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That makes sense to me.
 
junkenstien said:
What would be your best guess on who made that power kraft cross pien?
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I don't know if Montgomery Wards had a database for who produced their Powr Kraft tools.
Wrenches and stuff are often distinctive, but hammers can often look the same.
Not saying you could never identify it, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
 
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On the subject of "Aux Forges De Vulcain", here's a catalog from them, dated 1931, but I didn't see the same hammer listed.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B__hVyYAqWwVNkhZb0VJYzdHOU0/view
 
It's fascinating what was still being produced in 1931. I especially like the wooden shoe carving tools, page 31.

Check out the table saw in the middle of page 43. That thing looks dangerous as hell!
 
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decided to fix up my forging hammer, it's been in the elements for months so i sanded the handle and gave it some oil, i then wire brushed the head, flattened the face then rounded it over. does anyone recognize this pattern? it's not a ground down rail chisel, too thick for that. it weighs roughly 5 pounds and the peen has a convex taper to a flat point
 
phantomknives said:
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decided to fix up my forging hammer, it's been in the elements for months so i sanded the handle and gave it some oil, i then wire brushed the head, flattened the face then rounded it over. does anyone recognize this pattern? it's not a ground down rail chisel, too thick for that. it weighs roughly 5 pounds and the peen has a convex taper to a flat point
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I swear, at 5lb that looks like nothing if not a rail or cold chisel. I'll be curious to learn what else it could be.
 
phantomknives said:
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decided to fix up my forging hammer, it's been in the elements for months so i sanded the handle and gave it some oil, i then wire brushed the head, flattened the face then rounded it over. does anyone recognize this pattern? it's not a ground down rail chisel, too thick for that. it weighs roughly 5 pounds and the peen has a convex taper to a flat point
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Is it a Hubbard? I have one the same pattern and it is marked Hubbard special.
 
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