Sledge Hammers!

Interesting old catalog page.

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Cool page thanks,the second one is a Heller, I have the 3lb model. They made blacksmith and farrier tools in Newark NJ.
 
From my searching it seems whoever took the pics only did one side...found this though...some old school styles.

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Can anyone explain why the eye is so big on this wooding & Verona I found this weekend?
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BamaDADx3 said:
It will have too or custom handle. The others are way too small. :eek: I'm just wondering why the extra large eye? What function did it serve?
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Sledge hammer handles are available at House Handle (and possibly other sellers) with the following eye sizes:

1 x 1-1/4
1 x 1-3/8
1-1/4 x 1-1/2 ("Large Eye")
1-1/2 x 1-3/4 ("Ex-Large Eye")

Is the "Ex-Large" handle too small for that head?

The hammer weights listed for the handles increase as the eye size increases. Perhaps a standard head on a stronger handle was marketed to work crews to reduce the number of broken handles?
 
A trio of "new again" hammers. A 4lb Woodings-Verona, a 3lb Bonney and an old unmarked blacksmith hammer.



 
Well done jb, those cleaned up nice! I'm sorta thinking that oval eyes on any tool can benefit from the use of a wood cross wedge. Time will tell!
 
I have a practically brand new sledge my grandparents gave me, it looks about 40 years old and it only had a bit of surface rust and a cracked handle.
so i took it off the handle, discovered it had an hourglass shaped eye, so it's gonna be a challenge to re-hang when i get a nice handle on it. So anyway I figured I'd only use it as a forging hammer so its sittin on a 28" section of the old handle with a masonry nail in it, only one cus it cracked the handle when i put it in, and i forgot to cut the curf, so yeah, imagine a 10 pound sledge on a 28"
 
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