Stop....hammer time!

[Pacu]

 

Not sure if hammers are allowed in the axe hole but i'm going on the etc in the forum description.

This section is dedicated to discussions of axes, tomahawks, hatchets etc.   

I found a hammer for 99 cents at a local junk store. It looked old so why not. After some clean up I found it says Shapleigh's Hammer Forge on it. Some googling resulted the following....

Shapleigh's went out of business in the 60's
Shapleigh's was somehow an owner of Keen Kutter for a bit.
Shapleigh's Hammer Forge made knives - Old Hickory i believe - and are a bit collectible
Looks like they made hatchets too.



the handle is fairly loose - should i keep it original or get a new handle for it? I prob won't use is as i have other hammers for actual work.



close up of the lettering --kinda hard to make out Shapleigh's Hammer Forge stamped on it.

anyway i thought i'd share my find. Ifin ya have any info on Shapleigh fill me in please. 

[JAfromMn]

Nice find.

I'd try to wedge the handle on tight.

looks like a nice old tool.

[Pacu]

it's pretty dried out looks like. Maybe try to yank out those old nails and get a proper round wedge spacer?

[Metal Mickey]

If there is a prize for best thread title, I vote for this one..

Nice old hammer there. It can knock nails in and remove them so that makes it a MT. Only needs a bottle opener and someone would carry it as a keychain one piece 

My old man used to soak a loose shovel handle etc in a bucket of water to tighten them up again. I've no idea whether that is a good idea with your hammer?

[Sparky415]

Nice 
Keep the old handle if it feels sound, I would also take the nail/screws out and try a wood wedge first, you might not need a metal wedge

Soaking a handle in water is OK as a temporary fix but will loosen up when it dries out,
I would treat it with linseed oil/white spirit mix after re-wedging

There seems to be lots of stuff on Shapleigh on the net but couldn’t see any hammers 
 
http://shapleigh0.tripod.com/shapleighfamilyassociation/id13.html
http://www.thckk.org/history/shapleigh-history.pdf

[Gareth]

Nice looking hammer mate.

[Pacu]

Just picked up an Estwing California framing hammer at Home Depot for work.

[JAfromMn]

Nice hammer Pacu   

let know how you like using it and holds up for you.

[Gareth]

Not quite the look that I expect from Estwing, but that does look very good.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Lovely fit and finish on that one mate

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[CanadianLMfan]

Cool!

[Mr. Whippy]

Estwings have the nicest balance

[Sparky415]

 
One very cool looking Slaters hammer

 

http://www.axminster.co.uk/edma-universal-slaters-hammer-leather-handle

[Sparky415]

And here's just a couple of mine

Wood hammer for adjusting Ax heads
3 or 4lb Blacksmiths hammer that I need to re-handle
A handmade hammer with a 'new old stock' Brades handle fitted
A little hammer with a chair leg as a handle 
4oz Ball pein
2oz Ball pein with a cherry handle
And a brickies hammer head that I sometimes use as an anvil 

 

[Cupboard]

that's one way of getting a handle   

[Gareth]

One very cool looking Slaters hammer

 

http://www.axminster.co.uk/edma-universal-slaters-hammer-leather-handle

I'm not sure 'cool' is quite the word I'd use.   'Fugly' rather more springs to mind.   Each to their own though mate, and there is no doubt it's interesting.

[komalsharma]

My Latex hammer for home depot for work.
overall Length: 23-1⁄4"
Head 5-3⁄4" long, 2" wide
Wt: 3 lbs/4 oz

[Grant Lamontagne]

That is pretty sweet!

Def

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[Sparky415]

I had a little time on my hands today and a new handle from the army surplus shop 

I really don't know what I'm going to use it for as its too heavy to swing with one hand for very long, 41/2 Lbs and 19'' 

I saw one in an antiques shop a week ago with a nice GNER stamp (Great North Eastern Railway) It had a slightly longer handle and was priced at 40pounds, the Guy said it was a 'plating hammer' 

[enki_ck]

Reminds me a bit of a hammer we call macola here. Used for demolition, setting up fencing poles, in the wineyards for the same reason

[Gareth]

Plating hammer would suggest very heavy sheet steel working to me, but that's just a guess.  Good job anyway Tony.

[MadPlumbarian]

Estwings have the nicest balance

I'll agree with that! Here's one of my special hammers who knows what this is for? and no it's not for rocks or brick laying.. JR

[JAfromMn]

My Latex hammer for home depot for work.
overall Length: 23-1⁄4"
Head 5-3⁄4" long, 2" wide
Wt: 3 lbs/4 oz

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I like this one

what's it for
it looks medieval

is it for latex

neat looking war hammer whatever it is.

[JAfromMn]

Double post

[MadPlumbarian]

Estwings have the nicest balance

I'll agree with that! Here's one of my special hammers who knows what this is for? and no it's not for rocks or brick laying.. JR

Oops I guess it would help if I put a pic up JR

[Gareth]

Estwings have the nicest balance

I'll agree with that! Here's one of my special hammers who knows what this is for? and no it's not for rocks or brick laying.. JR

Oops I guess it would help if I put a pic up JR
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I'd guess it's for sheet metal work.

[JAfromMn]

Estwings have the nicest balance

I'll agree with that! Here's one of my special hammers who knows what this is for? and no it's not for rocks or brick laying.. JR

Oops I guess it would help if I put a pic up JR
(Image removed from quote.)

I'd guess it's for sheet metal work.

That one looks like a masonry hammer to me.

[Sparky415]

Estwings have the nicest balance

I'll agree with that! Here's one of my special hammers who knows what this is for? and no it's not for rocks or brick laying.. JR

Oops I guess it would help if I put a pic up JR
(Image removed from quote.)

I'd guess it's for sheet metal work.

That one looks like a masonry hammer to me.

+1  Me too, its a puzzle 

[JAfromMn]

http://www.estwing.com/s_tinners_hammer.php

maybe

[Sparky415]

So its what Tinners use when they are brick laying