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Tis the season, once again...got up into the 70s, yesterday!

3 sales, struck on 2, but the Rummage Sale had a few items..
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So, what is so interesting in this $2.25 pair of tools?   Screwdriver seems to be an older Stanley, with a square shank in a fluted wood handle..
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The $2 Hammer is a Brass ball peen...with a lot of lettering stamped in the head...
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seems a local railroad in the area was known as the C.C.C. & St. L. R.R. ( The Big 4, before New York Central took over..)

Been well used ( or abused
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That be a hole into the ball end...hammer needs a wedge yet, and the clean up/rehab will be done..
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Nice tools. Is that a deep dent or a hole in the hammer?
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That be a hole in the ball end....
No
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(04-12-2019, 03:18 PM)bandit571 Wrote: That be a hole in the ball end....
No

You have to wonder why.
Confused  Could it be brazed and filed back to shape?

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(04-14-2019, 12:34 PM)Phil S. Wrote: You have to wonder why.
Confused  Could it be brazed and filed back to shape?

Phil

Could it be some sort of custom hammer that should have a hole in it?
That hole just doesn't look like it got there accidentally.

Otherwise I would use hard welding rod in a stick welder to fill it in with the hammer face (other end of the head) submerged in water. Braze is way too soft.
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#25
The hold in the hammer could have been a defect in the casting (if the head were cast brass). I like old vintage hammers. So many custom sizes and uses. and if they were well-taken care of, the patina on the handles just can't be matched.
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(04-14-2019, 05:07 PM)AHill Wrote: The hold in the hammer could have been a defect in the casting (if the head were cast brass).  I like old vintage hammers.  So many custom sizes and uses. and if they were well-taken care of, the patina on the handles just can't be matched.
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I like hammers and have a couple dozen or so...I guess I am a collector, particularly of small hammers, and I also love the patina that only age can create..I am also a hammer "maker"....I made the jeweler's hammer on the right about 40yrs ago..I used a 3/4" grade eight bolt and an old Atlas metal lathe..I agree with Alan that the "hole" could just be a flaw in the casting. But I'm not sure why anyone would "need" a brass Ball Pein, since the softer brass would be quickly "deformed" in use..unless the "brass" is actually Beryllium copper.  
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EDIT...I particularly like the hammer on the left because it is engraved "From George to Eliza, Class of 1903".....

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Unless one of the valves gets a bit sticky...
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And a steel "Engineer's hammer would do more harm than good....
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(04-15-2019, 10:02 AM)bandit571 Wrote: Unless one of the valves gets a bit sticky...
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And a steel "Engineer's hammer would do more harm than good....
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Brass hammer yes, but for that you don't need a ball pein..I have brass hammers but none shaped like a rounded ball pein...I don't recall ever seeing one, so it seems to be pretty rare to me...Looks like you have a collectors item
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(04-14-2019, 03:23 PM)TGW Wrote: Could it be some sort of custom hammer that should have a hole in it?
That hole just doesn't look like it got there accidentally.

Otherwise I would use hard welding rod in a stick welder to fill it in with the hammer face (other end of the head) submerged in water. Braze is way too soft.

Welding a brass hammer head would be near impossible with a stick welder.

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Brass hammer yes, but for that you don't need a ball pein..I have brass hammers but none shaped like a rounded ball pein...I don't recall ever seeing one, so it seems to be pretty rare to me...Looks like you have a collectors item
Big Grin

I'm thinking brass might be used for other reasons also. To not create sparks around gas/fuel
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The Revos apparently are designed to clamp railroad ties and pull together horrifically prepared joints
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