Sunday, January 12, 2020

Another Heller tool, farriers driving hammer.


A reader sent in pictures of this hammer with the question of dating it. It doesn't seem to appear in any Heller catalog.  The post Progress is fine had done on Heller brothers some years ago doesn't have the answers but from the Davisville Museum comes the information that the company used “Heller & Bros.” and “Heller Bros.” interchangeably from 1866 to 1899, Heller Brothers Company from 1899 to 1955, and after the company was sold, Heller Tool Company from 1955 till the closure in 2006.
 Online, there are images of variations in the composition of the stamps used, perhaps that is a way of more accurately dating the hammer? Anyone with information, please contact me.


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4 comments:

  1. VectorWarbirdsJanuary 13, 2020 at 9:01 PM

    My farrier was here today, showed him this hammer, he said that ain't no farriers hammer. Heller made all sorts of hammers, all with the horse logo, with this face it looks like a light weight framing hammer, abet very light. Farrier showed me all of his, if they have a waffle face its a light cut crosshatch and as he said a face like this would make it easy to bend horseshoe nails. Also I notice a light spot from the missing sticker on the handle, would not not date it from more modern times?

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  2. João CustódioJanuary 14, 2020 at 2:55 PM

    thought it was some type of stone hammer....
    sorry, can't find anything similar to it.
    But, this guy probably knows:
    https://www.facebook.com/mesmarteaux/
    (seems that his vice is hammers)

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  3. Mister GJanuary 14, 2020 at 10:26 PM

    Wow, the guys has hammers! Thanks!

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  4. Al BergstrazerJanuary 22, 2020 at 11:25 PM

    I agree that it's a light framing hammer. Might have been used to build boxes, put in laths, etc.

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