Spots Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Was at the shop the other day and got to looking at my old mans hammers. He has this 24 lb cross pein he bought back in the 70's for $5 from the scrap yard. He used it for driving big wooden fence post, and we still do, and we have also used it for moving large stock. Now my question. Is it normal for a hammer this size to be a cross pein? All the big hammers I can find are 20 lb, I haven't found any other 24 lb or bigger hammers. And I haven't found anything close to this big with a cross pein. Any info is appreciated Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I have a hammer marked 25 but it is a straight pien. Hee in MN big post hammers are ussually cast iron round ones with a big handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 That was not originally a post hammer; just been used as one. Most of the large sledges I have seen are either cross peen or straight peen. I have seen very few with identical faces on them. Largest I have heard of was 32# used for breaking rock during the CCC days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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