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Title: What's it for
Post by: jezza on May 31, 2021, 11:48

Hello any one guess what this is for , jezza

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: Kleftiwallah on May 31, 2021, 13:50

Good afternoon Jezza,  I'll start the ball rolling with 'a coal hammer'.   Cheers,  Tony. ???

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: mrs bouquet on May 31, 2021, 15:10

Is it what I call a "claw hammer" ?    Mrs B

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: Kleftiwallah on May 31, 2021, 16:57

It's definitely not a claw hammer,  no claw.  Cheers,  Tony. :)

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: mrs bouquet on May 31, 2021, 17:17

Oh yes, now I have enlarged the picture, I can see it is nothing like a claw hammer.    ::)  Mrs B

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: Blewit on May 31, 2021, 20:11

Looks like a welders hammer.

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: jezza on June 01, 2021, 16:41

Hello Blewit it was made by a welder MrsBouquet and Kleftiwallah it's used with a hammer    jezza

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: hasbeans on June 01, 2021, 17:23

is it used to lever something out, perhaps with some scaff pole over the handle?

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: Aunt Sally on June 01, 2021, 17:38

Is it an anvil tool, jezza... for punching a hole in metal ?

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: jezza on June 01, 2021, 17:43

Hello Hasbeand you aren't far off,I've never used it with a scaffold pole  ,,,,,yet    jezza

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: hasbeans on June 01, 2021, 17:59

Lifting plants of some kind, I'm thinking it goes under a root?

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: jezza on June 03, 2021, 17:34

Hello it's actually for pulling fencing staples out that's been knocked in to far,  jezza

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: Welsh Merf on June 04, 2021, 07:59

I would suggest that whatever its purpose, it is homemade. Therefore, it's purpose/intention is whatever the person who made it, wanted it to be.

In my humble opinion, it would probably be a homemade welder's chipping hammer, seeing as the tubular metal handle has been welded onto the hammer end. Maybe a person that has started welding, found a chipping hammer end, and welded a handle onto it.

The reason I'm discounting a fencing tool (having used both many times) is a) it doesn't look sturdy enough, b) it doesn't look heavy enough, c) the hammer end is too small, and d) the point on the other end is too thick to pull out really smacked in staples. The shape and size of the point isn't all that important for a welder's chipping hammer, and it doesn't need to be heavy.

Obviously, my opinion only.  :wub:

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: Lardman on June 04, 2021, 12:59

I'm with Merf on this one.   It looks like what we call a Sl4g hammer around here. The fencing tool I have is far more beefy and the point more pronounced for digging into the wooden posts. As it's home made it could well be a mini pick axe for all we know  :D Did you make it jezza ?

Title: Re: What's it for
Post by: jezza on June 05, 2021, 16:41

Hello I had it made for pulling staples out of fence stakes,the head is made out of a bar from a potato harvester web the handle is from a sugar beet harvester web it weighs a pound and a half the point is case hardened,I have a pair of fencing pliers they cant get into the deep sunk staples,this tool gets in to the staple and rives it out    jezza