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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Steersman, post: 324044, member: 239&quot;]<font face="Verdana"><font size="5">&nbsp; &nbsp; If it had a typical wooden handle it&#039;d likely be a metal-working hammer of some sort.&nbsp; Jeweler&#039;s, gunsmith&#039;s, etc.</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5">&nbsp; &nbsp; Snow-knockers generally have a spike on one end.&nbsp;&nbsp; The candy store hammers also generally have a blade edge as well as a hammer poll.&nbsp; They normally have a bold maker&#039;s mark or advertising logo as well.&nbsp; Cigar box and crating hammers generally have a nail slot or prying edge.</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5">&nbsp; &nbsp; When I picked it up at the auction Saturday, it was pretty grimy and included in a flat of unremarkable tools.&nbsp;&nbsp; A quick smudge of the glove partially exposed that little logo, which I thought was a treble clef, and that perhaps it was a piano-tuning hammer.</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5">&nbsp; &nbsp; I think the key to identification is that logo.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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