blacksmith-450 Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 I found the hammer in a barn. Have you ever seen something similar? Quote
Timothy Miller Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 I think it would be for marking lumber on the end. Creepy... Quote
ThomasPowers Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 I agree to both parts of Tim's post. Quote
r smith Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 You are lucky to hold history in your hand, nice collector piece. Quote
12345678910 Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 It looks like it started as an autobody hammer and somebody modified it to do some marking. Maybe it's 55 years old, maybe it's 5 days old - hard to verify and establish any collectibility on it. Quote
ThomasPowers Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 Not that's pretty much spot on for a log marking tool. Highly unlikely to be a modified auto body tool Quote
blacksmith-450 Posted January 14, 2012 Author Posted January 14, 2012 I can confirm that this hammer is over 60 years ... I found it in my grandfather's barn... but I could never talk about it because he died before I found the hammer. Quote
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 The swastika is a verrrrrrry old design, thousands of years old to be exact, and was used frequently by many countries until WWII. The design has had a stigma attached to it since Hitler used it . Quote
eric sprado Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 You'll notice the one side is the number 22 not SS as in the hitler regime and ,as Bigundoctor said, the swastica like design is many thousands of yeasr old. I too suspect just an unfortunate coincidence.Yuck.. Log brand-lots of them around. Hit the end of the log with it on the end the scaler is going to see... Quote
fciron Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 I'd go with the last two posts as well. They're saying that it predates WWII to a time when the swastika was simply a clever graphic. The other end certainly looks like a '22' to me as well, not the two lightning bolts to form 'SS'. Besides, what would the SS need with a log marking hammer? Quote
r smith Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Looks more like one S and one 2 on the end. Hard to tell though on the screen. Quote
Hayden H Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 I agree with the prior posts. I've handled a pair of spurs with solid silver swastikas on them. The maker died in the mid 30's just a graphic then, now it is in effect the mark of the beast Quote
781 Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 The symbol that is now considered to be a swatstica was used for good luck prior to Hitler. Triump made a trap with it on the pan. The Hibbing MN High school that Bob Dylan went to school was them in the floor as you enter the building Quote
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