captf71 Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) I found this rounding hammer at a garage sale and was able to get the guy to unload it for $4. It was pretty rusty so I hit it with a wire brush and found the faces to be in great shape. I also noticed that it had the makers mark on the side which appears to be a horse and the letters "OSCO". I was curious so searched the web and all I could find with OSCO was Ohio Stove Company which I doubt made hammers. Anyone ever heard of OSCO for farrier tools? Edited July 5, 2009 by mod07 Quote
bluemountainforge Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 It may be Heller Bro.s Company. I collect (and use) many Heller tools and would rather pay new prices for an 80 year old Heller hammer than for a new one. They made tools for many trades including 'smithing farriers, even auto body repair. Thier symbol is the horse logo as it looks on your hammer. 4$ was a great deal for a useable collectible hammer!:) Quote
captf71 Posted July 5, 2009 Author Posted July 5, 2009 Thanks Tennessee. I'm with you on preferring old tools. Not only do they seem to be made a lot better, I like the history that goes with them as well. Quote
keykeeper Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 As one who had quite an extensive collection of Heller Bros. Co. farrier tools at one time, I have to agree that it is a Heller Bros. logo. One of the more easily recognized logos, even if you only have a partial one left Keep it, use it, adore it. I never had one of that type in the collection. I have a Champion that is very similar. It is a joy to use. Quote
SilverDeck Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 I found this rounding hammer at a garage sale and was able to get the guy to unload it for $4. It was pretty rusty so I hit it with a wire brush and found the faces to be in great shape. I also noticed that it had the makers mark on the side which appears to be a horse and the letters "OSCO". I was curious so searched the web and all I could find with OSCO was Ohio Stove Company which I doubt made hammers. Anyone ever heard of OSCO for farrier tools? What you are seeing in the photo as "OSCO" is actually the tail end of "HELLER BROS. CO." Quote
ThomasPowers Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 Note that a lot of old tools were not that great but the bad ones have a looong time to get trashed by a disgruntled user leaving a richer proportion of the good ones to us! Quote
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