I recently picked up this split-head rawhide hammer for a few bucks. It's cool that the initials for the company are even stamped onto the handle. I surmise that the shape around the C/R logo on the head and handle is supposed to represent a stretched hide.
The tool needed new 1-1/2" rawhide faces, which are cheaply available through McMaster-Carr.
Founded in 1878, Chicago Rawhide continues to make seals (but not hammers) as part of the SKF empire, which acquired them in 1990.
I probably knew the employees who made that hammer. Color me envious.
ReplyDeleteI’m trying to get in touch with people who worked at the old Chicago Rawhide. Do you have any leads? My email hmkanare@gmail.com
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