seant27 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Can you all help find out where this stamp came from and year. I'm from Los Angeles. Found this at estate sale. Antique rock hammer pick hammer small. Also has an s stamp on both sides of hammer. Any answers would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 howdy from eastern Oklahoma and welcome to the forum, if you haven’t already then you might wanna look over the read this first thread, it can give you information on how to navigate the forum, Personally I’ve Never saw that stamp before but you might spend some time looking through the tool identification threads, you may find some more information in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Welcome from the Ozark mountains. Seems to me I have an old hammer with that mark, don't remember if it is a rock hammer though. I will look through all of my hammer's to see if I still have it (tomorrow). Maybe a couple more pictures of the sides, will trigger someones memory too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 if the end opposite the hammer face has a chisel end it may be a mason's or brick layer's hammer rather than a rock hammer in the sense of what a geologist uses. Geologists use 2 types of hammers depending on what type of rock is in the area they are working. If the local rock is hard igneous or metamorphic rock the usual rock hammer has a pick end. Working in an area that is primarily sedimentary rock a chisel end is more common. I have both. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Unfortunately that mark is not unique, I've seen it on tools with a date range of centuries and from several countries. IIRC I have one on a steeled hand forged T adze from the 1800's I picked up in Ohio---being sold as a "hoe". If you could find a local smith that used that mark you could attribute it to them; but a LOT of stuff in your area has come from elsewhere---just like my T adze is now in New Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 From the hammer marks on that hammer, my guess is it was hand forged by an unknown blacksmith. I looked at just about every hammer and could not find the one I thought I had. Mine was a millstone dressing hammer. I guess it decided to walk off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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