old hammer

[dadzilla]

Found at old homesite late 19th century early 20th century small hammer dose anyone know what it would have been used for, toy? cobbler? Hammer is about 2&1/2" long sorry about no scale item.
Thanks Dan

 

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[fossis]

Hey Dadzilla, You probably have a small cobbler's hammer, would be my guess.

 

[dadzilla]

thanks for the reply Fossis, thats kinda what I thought , at another site on our property about 1/2 mile from where the hammer was found we found shoe hasps, I wonder if they are related ? the hammer site is older i think that hasp site there were houses at both places at differant times dating back to late 1800's early 1900,s
Dan

 

[silverswede]

I remember a small hammer like that from when I was young. [long time ago] They were just called "Tack Hammers" Used for light work like brads, carpet tacks, etc.