September 5, 201312 yr I recently found this hammer and would like to know if it would be used by a blacksmith or for riveting. It looks like a ball peen hammer and it weighs 4 1/2 lbs. It's marked, W.G. 1942. Any help would be appreciated.
September 5, 201312 yr It not only LOOKS like a ball peen hammer, it really IS one! At 4 1/2 pounds a bit large for most riveting tasks. These are really generic hammer forms that are useful for MANY purposes! It is unlikely to have had a specific purpose for which it was made. Blacksmiths certainly do use such hammers... but machinists, farmers, heavy equipment mechanics and others would also find them handy!
September 5, 201312 yr That's a pretty cool hammer, I got a 5 lb ball peen hammer from a yard sale over the summer, going to have brent baily re-handle it and clean her up for me when I get the spare money. This one was apparently used for sheet metal work up at boeing by the guys father. I got it and a small hammer for 5 bucks each.
September 5, 201312 yr I have a slightly smaller and elongated war time ball peen marked with the broad arrow and date that had the original tag on it: Hammer, Ballpeen, boilermakers as I recall. Found an old supply company that had a crate of them left over from the end of the war. Folks I sold them too told me they were just the right size for removing track pins from their WWII tracked vehicles
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