Sledge Hammers!

Hickory n steel said:

Germantown 1.5lb machinist hammer ( I believe it's turn of the century )
Unmarked 3lb drilling hammer from my grandpa
Early Hart tools 25oz California framer
50's craftsman 14oz ball peen
Stanley 12oz ball peen
CA 50's craftsman hammertooth 20oz framer
Modified Stanly tack hammer ( fork end rung too much, and it's not very old so I cut it down )
One of those screwdriver hammers modified with hickory handle
Vaughan 999ml 20oz famer
I've also got a 1994 wordings Verona 4lb drilling hammer from my grandpa ( handle broke last week )
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Your hammers have ranks? lol
 
WayTooSharp said:
What country/unit was your dad in? I've never seen a sgt w/ 2 chevrons.
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I'm not sure which units he was in ( he was an orthopedic technician, a cook, drove a tank, and was supposed to drive a supply truck in desert storm before he started having vision problems ) , but it wasn't until he got out of the regular army and joined the reserves that he became a sergeant. ( his reserve unit was in chico California until it was shut down )
 
Hickory n steel said:
I'm not sure which units he was in ( he was an orthopedic technician, a cook, drove a tank, and was supposed to drive a supply truck in desert storm before he started having vision problems ) , but it wasn't until he got out of the regular army and joined the reserves that he became a sergeant. ( his reserve unit was in chico California until it was shut down )
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Everybody knows US sgt ranks have 3 chevrons...or more.
 
RICKOFF said:
What he said............
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I'm certainly not going to stop using it, especially since it's exactly what I know it to be.
I don't know exactly what the misunderstanding is, but there certainly is one .
The only issue I've noticed is that my mark is upside down.
 
WayTooSharp said:
I've never seen that before. Is that a collar pin? I still think you have the colour scheme backwards. That pin is just rusty.
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We're you looking at my stamp wrong ? The burned in part is the symbol not the other way around .
This is a field version of a collar pin for a bdu top and it's not rusty, that's just the brass showing through it's black finish.

I call it a chevron , but it's actually a Sergeant's insignia made up of 3 chevrons ( I called them lines )
 
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Hickory n steel said:
We're you looking at my stamp wrong ? The burned in part is the symbol not the other way around .
This is a field version of a collar pin for a bdu top and it's not rusty, that's just the brass showing through it's black finish.

I call it a chevron , but it's actually a Sergeant's insignia made up of 3 chevrons ( I called them lines )
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Ya once you showed me the pin I quickly realized that it was a bdu thing. I play a lot of games so I'm not used to bdu dark markings outside of bdus. Even on bdus I don't notice it, and that's the whole point I think. Anyway, it's cool that you remember your dad. That's all :)
 
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