Need help identifying a small, iron hammer with worn off makers mark.

[Jkersey]

i've been using this tool for the last couple of years, it was found in my grandfathers things and is a fantastic little hammer and i've been trying to find out where it came from. It has been eating me inside though and i've done my own research, sadly though it's come up with nothing. Any leads or help would be nice. 

This is the full hammer.

The serial number on one half

And this is, sadly the worn off makers mark on the other half.

Edited January 11, 2020 by Mod30
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[John McPherson]

IMHO, that is not a hammer, but a tamping tool for sand casting large foundry flasks. Probably made in the foundry, as many were.

The only large cast hammers that I have seen have been for crushing coal or driving wooden fence posts.

Is the hammer head cast onto a section of pipe, or is it all one piece? What is the profile of the head? More pics would help, and a ruler or other object for scale.

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

Welcome aboard Jkersy, it may help to know where in the world you are located, hence the suggestion to edit your profile in this thread. READ THIS FIRST

There are other tips there like how to do a better search and trim the size of pictures so they don't take up so much data/bandwidth. We have members world wide and many have to rely on dial up internet or pay for bandwidth/data and large pictures are data hogs and take forever to load.

When you say small hammer, how much does it weigh?

[dogblazer9598]

that is an auto body post dolly also known as a wing ding dolly I have 3 of them from my fathers auto body shop he owned for 45 years .

 

doug

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

I think you nailed it. I now remember seeing several like that when I used to hang around a body shop in the dark ages (late 50s early 60s).