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mgolab 24th April 2024 01:34 PM

War Hammer?
 
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I would appreciate any comments on this piece that I own. Came from Haverfordwest, UK. Hand forged. Iron.

head is 8 inches, weight of head is 2Ibs.

I added the haft.

Thank you

Interested Party 24th April 2024 06:23 PM

Would a war hammer need a hardened face welded to the body of the hammer? Picture #2 one can make out the weld line.

Victrix 24th April 2024 07:27 PM

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Interested Party 25th April 2024 05:47 PM

At 2 lb, a kilo, I do not believe it is a cobblers hammer, but some sort of machinist/smiths hammer would make sense to me.

Victrix 25th April 2024 07:44 PM

If necessary it would obviously make a ferocious weapon. I think we suggested in earlier discussions that the presence of langets might make objects more likely weapons of some sort. :shrug:

fernando 26th April 2024 10:42 AM

Given that, as it goes, this is not an intended weapon, let us move this thread to the Miscellania Forum ... and see what further comments show up.

drac2k 28th April 2024 06:56 PM

Maybe an antique slater's hammer?

A. G. Maisey 29th April 2024 01:01 AM

This hammer looks pretty similar to a hammer owned by a fencer I used to know. He had it made by the local smith --- this was 1950's, when we still had smiths in country towns.

He put up rural fencing, the spike end was used like a carpenters center punch, ie, to provide a location hole for a nail to be driven or drilled.

The fencer put up rural fencing using Australian hardwood bush timber, he was driving relatively large steel spikes.

CutlassCollector 29th April 2024 10:37 AM

I had a look through Salaman's woodworking tools and there are pages and pages of different hammers!

A bit like axes there are not many uses for a spike on the reverse of a hammer - mining perhaps and weapons of course.

However, there is a fairly close match to a Ship Maul used by shipwrights to hammer in the trenails (wooden pins) and large nails during shipbuilding. The tool would then be reversed and the spike used to hammer the pins/nails below the surface of the wood to allow trimming to shape afterwards.

They came in many sizes between 1 1/2 to 8 lbs with handles up to 2' 9".

C4RL 29th April 2024 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by CutlassCollector (Post 290533)

there are not many uses for a spike on the reverse of a hammer - mining perhaps

Stone mason's.
Geologist's.
Panel beater's.
Welders slag.
Blacksmith's hot punch.
Piton (climbers).

That's just from memory without Googling.
While I agree spiked hammers aren't common there are still plenty of trades use/used them, many obscure & now forgotten.

Sajen 2nd May 2024 06:15 PM

Hello Mgolab,

Allow me to ask, how did you de-rust the hammer head and finish its surface?

Regards,
Detlef

mgolab 3rd May 2024 11:34 AM

Hello: I purchased it in that manner.

C4RL 8th May 2024 09:45 PM

Coal breaking hammer?
Common in UK households years ago when coal wasn't graded as well.


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