Dug tool/anyone recognize??

[jopher]

Some sort of tack hammer.Its about ten inches long and has tack puller type ends on both the head and the handle end .Any one have any ideas on its specific purpose or relative age??Thanks...JO

 

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[JakePhelps]

Looks like it would have had a wood or plastic handle on it...Could have been some kind of mini-crowbar nail-pulling thing

 

[Leon]

Looks like it might have been used for stretching barb wire, or fences...
Good luck with ID'ing it...& Happy hunting~

 

[yurt_boy]

Farrier's hammer for horse shoes?

 

[downindixie]

Upholstery hammer,used for driving tacks and removing tacks when working on furniture.

 

[Desertdigger]

Cobblers hammer, long length end for pulling nails from boot heels from the inside, OLD.

 

[RainDog]

COOL FIND!! Are the faces hollow or solid? how long is it? Looks like the butt end was defiantly used for prying, notice how the weight reducing holes get bigger as you get towards the head. I would say a tire iron if the faces of the hammer are hollow.
HH
RainDog

 

[TOWcritter]

Looks like a 1896 "Lodshtrupostenfroffer" used for pounding and prying nails, horseshoes, etc....













Just kidding. I made that up, but it is a neat find though. Looks like a fencing tool.

 

[whatlimits]

lift hot horseshoes out of the fire with the hook, set them in a vice grip while tightening the grip with your other hand, then snug it up real tight with the tool, then bang it into shape. just guessin. have no idea. find a really old man and ask him. they know everything.

 

[jopher]

Thanks guys...Im not sure we nailed it on the head but its been fun tryin....JO

....the head is solid...its only 11 or 12 inches long...pretty light wieght. Im leaning toward some sort of upholstry tool.....JO

 

[BuffaloBob]

Some sort of tack hammer.Its about ten inches long and has tack puller type ends on both the head and the handle end .Any one have any ideas on its specific purpose or relative age??Thanks...JO

Looks like a shingle nail removing tool. Pop it under a shingle, hook the nail and hammer the tool to cut the nail??
Cool though!

 

[miss_anthrope]

i agree with desertdigger - cobbler's tack hammer.

http://www.french-corner-antiques.com/detail.php?iid=140

 

[mrjosh]

I have a magazine at the house that showes one of these, I will have to dig and find it and see what they were calling it. The magazine was "Farm Collector"

 

[sniffer]

it's a barb wire stretching hammer. you carry it in your saddle bag.
the hook is for pulling the wire around a post, the point is for pulling staples,
the forked end is for twisting the wire to tighten it

 

[Monty]

I think downindixie got it. Monty