strange tool !

Started by rooster, September 14, 2004, 12:13:33 PM

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rooster

I found this in moms attic, "looks like a hammer", " feels like a hammer", but is it a hammer? 18" long but has a fitting in the end of it for a extention! The tail of the hammer head is magnetic! There a clip of the side of it says "A R-Robertson. Boston, Mass" , , very odd! Anyone know what it is?
Denny

348tripower

Looks like a tack hammer to me.  :D



Quote from: "rooster"I found this in moms attic, "looks like a hammer", " feels like a hammer", but is it a hammer? 18" long but has a fitting in the end of it for a extention! The tail of the hammer head is magnetic! There a clip of the side of it says "A R-Robertson. Boston, Mass" , , very odd! Anyone know what it is?
Denny
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It's a tack hammer, the magnet end is to pick up a tack and hold it so it can be set, then you finish with the hammer end. :shock:
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rooster

The wooden handle looks orignal. Was it common for these hammers to be 18" long and provide for a extention to be screwed into a brass threded coller the end of the handle. It must be a tack hammer for Munchkins!

Here are some other hammers I belive a blacksmith hammers. Step Grandfather did some horseshoeing,Blacksmithing and wagon repair, even did wooden flat beds for model A's, for a local dealership!

enjenjo

Those are blacksmith tools, not actually hammers, they are designed to be hit with a hammer.
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GPster

Quote from: "enjenjo"Those are blacksmith tools, not actually hammers, they are designed to be hit with a hammer.
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enjenjo

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Quote from: "enjenjo"Those are blacksmith tools, not actually hammers, they are designed to be hit with a hammer.
Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 and you're on the computor. Don't you have anthing better to do (either)? GPster

Lunchtime. Old habbits die hard  :lol:
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Carps

My grandfather was a saddler.  

I have all his tools and ther's a numer of those hammers in his old toolbox, they came in various sizes from tiny to large.
Carps

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WZ JUNK

Quote from: "rooster"I found this in moms attic, "looks like a hammer", " feels like a hammer", but is it a hammer? 18" long but has a fitting in the end of it for a extention! The tail of the hammer head is magnetic! There a clip of the side of it says "A R-Robertson. Boston, Mass" , , very odd! Anyone know what it is?
Denny

As an old shop teacher, I say it is a tack hammer.  I never saw one with that long a handle but someone could have changed the handle to make it easier to drive a tack.   They would have to be better at hitting than I am as I would miss a tack completely while holding the end of the handle that long.
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rooster

Quote from: "WZ JUNK"
Quote from: "rooster"I found this in moms attic, "looks like a hammer", " feels like a hammer", but is it a hammer? 18" long but has a fitting in the end of it for a extention! The tail of the hammer head is magnetic! There a clip of the side of it says "A R-Robertson. Boston, Mass" , , very odd! Anyone know what it is?
Denny

As an old shop teacher, I say it is a tack hammer.  I never saw one with that long a handle but someone could have changed the handle to make it easier to drive a tack.   They would have to be better at hitting than I am as I would miss a tack completely while holding the end of the handle that long.


I just found it on the net!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW its selling for $715.00. Its a Bill an poster setting hammer. can be 63" long. Now all I have to do is find the three missing pieces.

http://www.mjdtools.com/tools/list_194/11879.htm

Denny :D  :D  :D  :D  :D

Sean

Quote from: "Carps"My grandfather was a saddler.  


I had a Grandfather who was a Saddler too. 7 year Apprenticeship back then (1860's Ireland). And I thought my 4 year Apprenticeship to the Sheetmetal Workers was long....

Crosley.In.AZ

I figured with the thread title " Strange tool" this was about tomslik
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old32

Quote from: "Carps"My grandfather was a saddler.  

This probably accounts for his thick hide.
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