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Lord Farquhar
15-05-09, 08:05 PM
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Never seen hammer like this before in pairs????
jamiemackie
15-05-09, 08:07 PM
Hitting things.
jamiemackie
15-05-09, 08:11 PM
I really like the looks of them, im tempted to bid on them.

Looks like they could be used for opening somthing like a wedge.

Jamie
dtalbot
15-05-09, 08:13 PM
Hitting things.

My thoughts exactly!
Clearly have been made with a specific purpose in mind though hope someone knows what it is!
rcs
15-05-09, 08:17 PM
It looks like they weren't used for there intended purpose:huh:
Everything Mac
15-05-09, 08:17 PM
very role specific what ever they are - look at the wear on the round face compared to the angled faces.

no idea what they are but they look like they would be useful for making the edge of a blade!

mac
TOBY
15-05-09, 08:19 PM
they are not hammers as such, they are ment to be struck
they look like shallow fullers/faced set hammers
imagedude
15-05-09, 08:20 PM
Probably a form of blacksmith's set hammer, perhaps used for setting a mark or edge on decorative iron work. You can see that the poll has been hit by a big hammer.
Me&Fe
15-05-09, 08:21 PM
They are called 'side sets' used for setting in corners on right angles amongst other things.They are struck on the corner at an angle by a sledgehammer.
dtalbot
15-05-09, 08:22 PM
Ahh makes sense now! Thanks for that.
Me&Fe
15-05-09, 08:25 PM
Theres are a pic of them in use in the 'decorative ironwork' book by cosira.
Iron Hoarder
15-05-09, 08:27 PM
Theres are a pic of them in use in the 'decorative ironwork' book by cosira.
That book is in our online links library in the cutlers forge.:D
imagedude
15-05-09, 08:27 PM
They are called 'side sets' used for setting in corners on right angles amongst other things.They are struck on the corner at an angle by a sledgehammer.

All the side sets I've seen have one face perpendicular to the workpiece and one at 45 degrees. I guess these are a more sculptured form of side set.
Me&Fe
15-05-09, 08:31 PM
Oops.its actually in 'Wrought ironwork':rolleyes: Fig 6 page 10.
IJ55
15-05-09, 08:43 PM
Hitting things.

Quoted for truth.:lol:

Nice though what ever their 'purpose' is.
Frank Turley
16-05-09, 12:55 PM
Yes, they are side sets, which when tenon making, are often dressed at about 75 degree. A hafted one can be used in conjunction with a similarly dressed bottom tool in the hardie hole. When both are used, they demarcate the shoulder of the tenon on the end of a bar.

I don't know why a smith would need a right and left handed one. It's the kind of tool that can be made right or left handed by removing the haft and inserting it from the other side. I'm right handed, so I hold the tool in my right hand with the bevel facing away from me.

If the bevel angle is more acute, the tool could be used as a "hack" for shearing stock. The hot bar is held at right angles to the anvil length and the hack is driven into the material close to the far edge of the anvil face. When about 1/8" to 1/16" thickness remains, the cut is moved in line with the far side of the anvil and the shearing cut is completed so that the hack does not hit the anvil face.
DCL
16-05-09, 02:26 PM
looks like some kind of old and worn out hot cuts or such..

DC