What's this Old Stanley Hammer Used For?

Question

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Clearly not for nails, as no claw,and kind long and heavy.

A sledgehammer? For breaking up things like concrete? Found it an old house the owner was moving out of. It looks in pretty good shape, tho the owner tells me no one has been in the attic of his house for25 years!

Answer 1

Rock hammer, my grandfather was a rock hound.

Answer 2

I know that geologists use it in the field all the time it is good for breaking apart rock to see inside.

it is not some thing you would often use around the house

Answer 3

Mason's brick / block hammer,

Rockhounds use them also

Answer 4

That is a "bricklayers hammer". It's used for laying brick, block, and scoring and breaking block. I doubt it's 25 years old from the style of it.

Answer 5

'Tis a bricklayers hammer - a couble of taps and the brick falls apart neatly in two halves (in skilled hands). Real pros whop it with the edge of the trowel, of course. Stanley tools very popular in the 70's - with the distinctive yellow brand label - on the strength of the success of their knife (which I don't think they ever bettered), but they have been going since the mid 19th century.

Answer 6

it's a brick hammer. the claw is for scoring and breaking brick\block along a scribed line.

Answer 7

i think it may be a sledge hammer although im not 100% sure

Answer 8

a brick hammer...it has a chisel end...a rock hammer has an end that comes to a point from 4 angles...