Glenn Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Flea market hammers are $5 each as marked. Bottom hammer is about 2 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockram Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Went to a yard sale last weekend spent $25 got about 12 lbs of different files, rasps, and chisels, a 2lb sledge, a 40oz. ball peen and a hammer with the head is appx. 1" thick about 6"long and one end looks like a mushroom and the other is round. Looks like something used to make bowl's? any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Went to a yard sale last weekend spent $25 got about 12 lbs of different files, rasps, and chisels, a 2lb sledge, a 40oz. ball peen and a hammer with the head is appx. 1" thick about 6"long and one end looks like a mushroom and the other is round. Looks like something used to make bowl's? any ideas? Yeah, it's an armorer's hammer or a bowl makers, depending upon who you are. Good score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Went to a yard sale last weekend spent $25 got about 12 lbs of different files, rasps, and chisels, a 2lb sledge, a 40oz. ball peen and a hammer with the head is appx. 1" thick about 6"long and one end looks like a mushroom and the other is round. Looks like something used to make bowl's? any ideas? Pictures would help. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Actually is sounds like a boilermaker's hammer used to work on the fire tube ends. I have 2 of slightly different weights and one end has a "mushroom" larger than the shaft of the hammer and the other has the shaft of the hammer domed. I pick up ballpeens whenever I can get them for US$1 or less, I'm on my third bucket of hammers now so it hasn't been that hard to find them cheap. We use them for students wanting to make tooling or hawks from them. I started picking them up after the first time a student went out and *bought* a new hammer just to forge---arghhhhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I try to keep my eyes open for unusual hammers. The ones on ebay always go for ridiculous money, but I never see anything like them around these parts. Hand-forged hammers with a bit of panache.... and I'm all over it. Another regular old ball-peen? I can pass those up without regret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Another regular old ball-peen? I can pass those up without regret. The ball on that hammer can be reforged into any number of punches, slitters, set tools, etc. Even at $5 each (I imagine Thomas convulsively grasping at his wallet here, grin) that is still cheaper than I can buy a piece of mid range steel and punch a handle hole in it... Even if I end up with up a pile of old ball peens that I don't have time to re-forge, they can go into the "sell as a kit to beginners" stack of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Ahhhhhhhhgh, I feel a spasm coming on! $5 he must be *made* of money! Actually I took a bucket of ballpeens to quad-state last time I went and dumped them on a bit of canvas with a $3 choice sign and a can for the money---sold 23 of them paid for quite a bit of messed up top tools for conversion to bottom tooling for my larger anvils. Got another bucket full of US$1 ball peens...every once and a while I will go to $2 if they are handmade, very large or *special* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahoo2 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Relax Thomas, ole "moneybags" Yaggy might be struttin' around with his chest out and his $5 hammer in his hand........but Is he really happy? wish i could buy a $5 hammer :unsure: :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 For $5.00 aus or usd each I'll sell you a bucket full, when are you fetching them? :D :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Didn't say I bought them at that price, just that I can't buy good steel and put a handle hole in it for less than $5. $1 or $2 each at the yard sales and flea markets round here seems standard. The VALUE of them is more thou. And yes, I generally am happy when I have a hammer in my hand, any hammer! Just wish I could remember where I put that money bag (grin). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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