Finally started work on my 1930 Roadster body straightening the subfloor rails. Pulled this hammer out of the pile and it worked so well. Clueless were it came from or what the original design was for, 16 inch long handle, felt just right for the job. Is it a blacksmith hammer? Anyone else got a BFH with a story? NOTE: This is my first post on the "New" HAMB, works much faster than the old HAMB, thanks Ryan!
Cross-pein engineer's hammer, I think. The engineer reference is an 18--19th century way of specifying that this is for a new-fangled person who needs to whack metal objects rather than wood.
if'n your talking the bigger one looks like someone thinned the handle to reduce the shock on their wrists
There are also normal-type body hammers made with a much heavier body behind the striking face made expressly for working support structures like that, and a weird long curved kind for hitting things a normal hammer couldn'r reach. I suspect a cross- pein engineer's hammer, though, is what Thor would purchase if he lost his hammer and needed a good traditional replacement.
Same etymology as engineer's hammer, for all practical purposes! Warrington was an early center of the industrial revolution and steel industry, and so quite likely a center of hammer evolution...
I also have a cross peen hammer very similar it belonged to my Great-Grandfather, a Blacksmith for both Studebaker and Deroit Edison. I have attached my Hammer drawer pic, this is about 2/3 of what I have. Jerry
Cross peen hammers were used by blacksmiths & metal formers to start a cut in hot metal to fold it over. They were quite popular back when people used to form there own parts instead of machine made stuff. I havn't seen one in a hardware store for years but then again I haven't been in a real hardware stor in years either. Most of the good ones died out with mom & pop grocery stores.
that big hammer im holding the head from tip to tip is about 9 and 1/2 inches and its a heavy SOB. i bought it in a tool box for 10$ along with a bunch of lead bout 5 hammers and a few dollies. the handle its on i dont think is the right one. it was in the tool box so i just threw it on there . im guessing the hammer is for heavy fendered cars. the first drawer has the two hammers i use the most.
That curved one is the one I mentioned...it's gotta be about the most awkwardly balanced hammer on earth, but allows a heavy blow in areas you can'r reach otherwise.
Not really a "blacksmith's" hammer per se but all of us have one just like it . All smith's have a bucket or 6 full of different hammers including that style .
When are hammers not hammers? Sorry this was the best I could find this morning......... Hello Dollies! Any one got Bertweld(sp?) lens' I can put in my gl***es?
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