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What's this hammer used for? #8364769
03/14/25 07:40 PM
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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364771
03/14/25 07:41 PM
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roofing hammer?

Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364779
03/14/25 07:47 PM
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Yup roofing, you can split the wooden shingle and then nail it down.

Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364782
03/14/25 07:52 PM
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And I think, pull nails with the notch.

Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364785
03/14/25 07:55 PM
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A good carpenter never has to pull a nail. grin

Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: EdP] #8364786
03/14/25 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by EdP
And I think, pull nails with the notch.

yep


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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364803
03/14/25 08:06 PM
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With that rounded head I would say old timers used to use it for sheetrock. The blade was used to score it.


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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364813
03/14/25 08:11 PM
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Boot and shoe makers and shoe repairing hammer has those round large heads. I got some from grandfather who built boots and repaired shoes.

I'd say a wood shingle/shake hammer.


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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364822
03/14/25 08:19 PM
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well, we got it narrowed down to a bunch of stuff...

Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364826
03/14/25 08:22 PM
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That’s easy; that’s a Savell Smacker

Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: elsmasho82] #8364828
03/14/25 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by elsmasho82
That’s easy; that’s a Savell Smacker


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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364830
03/14/25 08:25 PM
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Looks more like a drywall hammer to me.


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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364834
03/14/25 08:35 PM
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drywall hammer, the convex head dimples down the nail.....I don't know anyone that uses them anymore....more of a tool when the old timers used rock lathe


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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364872
03/14/25 09:21 PM
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It's definitely a sheetrock hammer but I've seen them used in the roofing trades also
And I've seen roofing hammers used in the drywall trades

Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: 20scout] #8364887
03/14/25 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 20scout
With that rounded head I would say old timers used to use it for sheetrock. The blade was used to score it.


20scout is correct.

Keith

Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8364905
03/14/25 09:53 PM
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That notch is for pulling nails. Looked like a shingle hatchet/hammer to me. For cedar shakes. Hatchet to split the wood shingles to fit on ends of runs. Hammer for the nails.
Jim

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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8365062
03/15/25 08:18 AM
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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8365066
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Clearly it is a hatchahammer wink

Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8365072
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Re: What's this hammer used for? [Re: Gary Benson] #8365075
03/15/25 08:37 AM
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I'm guessing they were origianally shingle hammers that were then adopted by sheet-rockers. Gypsum board is a fairly recent invention.


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