[TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer

[Stephen Snow]

if you are splitting wood, you can use it to drive in a wedge on the tough-to-split logs.

steve snow

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net>
>Sent: Mar 3, 2008 10:24 AM
>To: theforge <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer
>
>While over at a friends house last week I spotted a an old rusty hammer head 
>shaped like a cross pien hammer.  My friend had dug it up while cleaning out 
>a shed on the farm and really didn't have a need for it, so she gave it to 
>me.  It was badlly pitted and had been dressed with an Oxy/Acetiline torch. 
>I spent some time cleaning it up yesterday and because of it's condition 
>there were no markings left to identify it.  I put it on the scale and it 
>weighs 6 pounds.
>
>Is there a non-blacksmithng application for a heavy cross pien hammer?  The 
>only thing I could figure was that it might have been used to break up old 
>concrete.
>
>Robert Ehrenberger
>Shelbyville, Mo.
>eforge at centurytel.net
>573-633-2010
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