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Unusual Plomb hammer - Jonathan S - 10-21-2016 HI Folks, Hoping to tap into the Woodnet Brain Trust!  I picked up an unusual Plomb brand hammer the other day, and cant figure out what its purpose was.  Its not shown in any of the Plomb catalogs I found. I have narrowed it down to to the early 1900's, perhaps late 20's to early 30's based on the logo.  Plomb made aircraft and automotive tools, but perhaps someone here has an idea. Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks Jonathan RE: Unusual Plomb hammer - meackerman - 10-21-2016 it was used to hit things. HTH RE: Unusual Plomb hammer - Downwindtracker2 - 10-21-2016 This isn't going to help you much, but as you know there are two brands that have similar spelling, Plomb and Plumb. Plomb is out of southern California . They are the inventors of the common combination wrench. After problems with their name, they ended up using the name of their Canadian operation, Proto. On the web there is an history of Plomb Tools. RE: Unusual Plomb hammer - Bill_Houghton - 10-21-2016 If you don't get an answer here, you might wander over to ToolTalk (http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php).  The crew there has a very wide ranging background.[url=http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php][/url] RE: Unusual Plomb hammer - hbmcc - 10-23-2016 That thing has to be unbalanced. I can't see it manufactured that way. Therefore, someone ground it down to a specific purpose use. But, it's just my opinion. RE: Unusual Plomb hammer - Bob10 - 10-25-2016 I just saw a hammer looked very similar on the Woodwright's Show and a Blacksmith was using it to make spoons.  May have been the same model RE: Unusual Plomb hammer - Jonathan S - 10-25-2016 Thanks folks! I need to do some more research.