jfaldo Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Picked up a box of blacksmith tools this weekend and this old double cross peen hammer was one of the items. It weighs 4.5 pounds and has the maker's name stamped on all four sides. An internet search produced zero results. The maker as best I can tell is D.L & W. WKS.CO. Anyone ever heard of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 That may be an owner's mark, rather than a maker's mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 So are you in Australia or South Africa? Location often narrows down likely candidates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfaldo Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Sorry I should of completed my profile. I'm in Wyoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 3 hours ago, JHCC said: That may be an owner's mark, rather than a maker's mark. I agree on that, seems like too many marks to have been the manufacturers. It looks like a hammer used in mining maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfaldo Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Well I'm open to any and all suggestions. Mining was and is still big business here in Wyoming so who knows. You would think there would be some record of this company out there somewhere though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Looks like a mason's stone dressing hammer, especially at that weight. I don't think makers stamped all for sides, too expensive but someone who didn't want their hammer to walk off might think it worth the extra dozen hammer blows. Shifting to WAG mode I vote for owner's stamp. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 My Guess is: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Works and so most likely the "owner" as train companies tend to aggressively stamp their tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfaldo Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Well Tom I think you have the answer. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western was abbreviated pretty much the way it appears on this hammer. They were in operation for a long time (1853-1960) it appears. Is there a way it could be more accurately dated in that time frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozzy Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said: My Guess is: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Works and so most likely the "owner" as train companies tend to aggressively stamp their tools. I notice that the old DL&W shops are incorporated into the Steamtown national park https://www.nps.gov/stea/index.htm. It might be possible to e-mail the hammer photo to them for verification that it is from the railroad or whether to keep digging. Makes a lot of sense as the source, though. The railroads did like to stamp their initials on everything they could find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 The various railroads merged over time and so their stamps probably would vary depending on when it was imprinted. Probably need to find a railroad buff to help out there. Might see if the Steampark has someone you can ask. I'll tell my Father he got credited for something he wasn't even aware off; me I'm Thomas (or Tomboy if you're kinfolk...yup I turn 60 this year but will still answer to it from kin...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfaldo Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Well thanks a bunch Thomas in particular and everyone else also for their quick and courteous input on this. Will start looking at railroad stuff now and see where this goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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