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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Steersman, post: 157541, member: 239&quot;]<font face="Verdana"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; The other two look like mallets to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have several similar pieces.&nbsp;&nbsp; These would find many uses on a pioneer farm.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; The smaller would be about right for using a froe.&nbsp; Froes are so hard and brittle that striking them with a metal hammer will break them.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; The larger would be about right for driving fence &#039;stobs,&#039;&nbsp; or gluts to split logs.</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; Using them repeatedly against harder materials would explain the chewed-up parts of the heavier ends.</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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