I have a similar hammer with a straight peen, was told by several folks that it is a lineman's hammer, used to twist in threaded step bars into wooden line poles.. the steps have an "L" bent into the end that keep the lineman's feet from slipping off-the hammer's hole fits over this "L" and is used to thread the bar into the pole...
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I have a similar hammer with a straight peen, was told by several folks that it is a lineman's hammer, used to twist in threaded step bars into wooden line poles.. the steps have an "L" bent into the end that keep the lineman's feet from slipping off-the hammer's hole fits over this "L" and is used to thread the bar into the pole...