Tool **** Friday.

[JasperFrank]

This one has had me puzzeled for many years. It is very old, and very well made. The odd part is that it has brass faces, that look like washers, on the heads. No Markings.

 

[dragoneggs]

This one has had me puzzeled for many years. It is very old, and very well made. The odd part is that it has brass faces, that look like washers, on the heads. No Markings. View attachment 585603

Cobbler hammer?

 

[MossRoad]

Not a meat tenderizer.

Maybe where you come from. :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

gonna try again on this hammer pic.any guesses what it is for?
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Bushing hammer for marking up rock faces. Or, as grandma called it, a meat tenderizer.

 

[MossRoad]

This one has had me puzzeled for many years. It is very old, and very well made. The odd part is that it has brass faces, that look like washers, on the heads. No Markings. View attachment 585603

Nut cracker.

 

[L120]

Nut cracker.

Ever heard the saying, "that looks like hammered sheeot"? That's the hammer that did it...lol

 

[JasperFrank]

Yes, that is my first thought, but this thing is 19th Century. So maybe something else we don't do any more? I'm happy to say if its a nut cracker. Just wondering if it had some other use that we don't do any more: Aside from nut cracking.

 

[goeduck]

gonna try again on this hammer pic.any guesses what it is for?
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Making waffles?

 

[goeduck]

This one has had me puzzeled for many years. It is very old, and very well made. The odd part is that it has brass faces, that look like washers, on the heads. No Markings. View attachment 585603

A gavel?

 

[dragoneggs]

A gavel?

good guess!

 

[Greenland South]

This one has had me puzzeled for many years. It is very old, and very well made. The odd part is that it has brass faces, that look like washers, on the heads. No Markings. View attachment 585603

Probably used for a task that you had to ensure no sparks were created.

 

[two_bit_score]

gonna try again on this hammer pic.any guesses what it is for?
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Meat tenderizer?

Aaron Z

Especially if you hit your hand with it!

I think I bought some steaks that was used on.


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[two_bit_score]

Definitly a meat tenderizer.

Shrinking hammer.

 

[JasperFrank]

Some tin snips going back at least 50 years.

 

[JasperFrank]

One of my all time best tools. This is a Bell System KS-6854 Bridgeport. Flat head Screwdriver. It is special designed to work on old bell system telephones. This one tool refurbished many 100's, if not a thousand, vintage phones that were put back to use.

 

[tc55da]

Actually took me a lot of research on this one. It came from my MIL's house in Toledo. The wedge end was for chipping off ice chunks from a block of ice and the square (tenderizer) end was for smashing the ice for drinks.
Steve

 

[JasperFrank]

Wow! I think you are correct that this is an ice hammer. Love it!, that is exactly what this thread is about, trying to figure out what these old tools were used for. And maybe they were used in ways we have entirely forgotten.

 

[goeduck]

Actually took me a lot of research on this one. It came from my MIL's house in Toledo. The wedge end was for chipping off ice chunks from a block of ice and the square (tenderizer) end was for smashing the ice for drinks.
Steve

Interesting. Clean the rust off and git er back in business! roposetoast: roposetoast: roposetoast:

 

[Big Chief]

the brooklyn brewery closed in 1973
Been used by me, uncles and grandfather.

 

[MossRoad]

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the brooklyn brewery closed in 1973
Been used by me, uncles and grandfather.

Nice! :thumbsup: I started collecting bottle openers and church keys a few years ago. I'd show a picture, but they are in a display case behind the Christmas tree. Maybe next week after the tree comes down.