C.E. Bonner Box Hammer
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steaks&anvils
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Your hammer is actually a wood crate opening tool, like today's "box cutter" knife. Lots of them where made by lots of different companies. Many companies just added their name to a contract made tool. I think they may also have been given away to customers?
Cool tools though. I have one and I have actually used it to pull nails etc. Kind of handy to have.
Cool tools though. I have one and I have actually used it to pull nails etc. Kind of handy to have.
Walkers
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I make this giant gyroscope looking chair for a client of mine. I have to crate it up. I end up using torx head screws, Phillips screws, and staples. That hammer wouldn’t touch my crates! I recommend just cutting them off.
RTM
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Actually a household utility tool, not a crate hammer, tho it does have the look.
Private Lugnutz
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Nice one, Arne. C.E. Bonner tools don't show up here too often. I'm guessing it was in the same drawer as grandpa's Bridgeport TOM-A-HAWK! 
We're probably guilty of being overly technical and overly picky, guys. Yes, even Bridgeport distinguished its "All Purpose" Hammer Tool from its Box Terriers, and its Box Terriers from its Tomahawks. But they were all on the same few pages in the catalogs, advertised in very similar language, and performed all the same functions. While Arne's Bonner "household utility tool" (like BHM's "All Purpose" Hammer Tool) lacked the full claw for pulling nails that more explicitly named crate tools had, they had a nail puller built in, so the end could be used like a chisel or pry. These were all called "crate tools" ("crate hammers", "box hammers", etc) back in the day, even after they successfully went looking for and found a wider market.
We're probably guilty of being overly technical and overly picky, guys. Yes, even Bridgeport distinguished its "All Purpose" Hammer Tool from its Box Terriers, and its Box Terriers from its Tomahawks. But they were all on the same few pages in the catalogs, advertised in very similar language, and performed all the same functions. While Arne's Bonner "household utility tool" (like BHM's "All Purpose" Hammer Tool) lacked the full claw for pulling nails that more explicitly named crate tools had, they had a nail puller built in, so the end could be used like a chisel or pry. These were all called "crate tools" ("crate hammers", "box hammers", etc) back in the day, even after they successfully went looking for and found a wider market.
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ttpete
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Back in the day, everything came in wooden crates. I'm of an age where I can remember that citrus fruit and apples came in crates that were good enough that people saved them for other uses. Many homes had a crate opener just for that reason. My grandfather kept his on the same shelf where he also kept his ice tongs and icepicks.Nice one, Arne. C.E. Bonner tools don't show up here too often. I'm guessing it was in the same drawer as grandpa's Bridgeport TOM-A-HAWK!
We're probably guilty of being overly technical and overly picky, guys. Yes, even Bridgeport distinguished its "All Purpose" Hammer Tool from its Box Terriers, and its Box Terriers from its Tomahawks. But they were all on the same few pages in the catalogs, advertised in very similar language, and performed all the same functions. While Arne's Bonner "household utility tool" (like BHM's "All Purpose" Hammer Tool) lacked the full claw for pulling nails that more explicitly named crate tools had, they had a nail puller built in, so the end could be used like a chisel or pry. These were all called "crate tools" ("crate hammers", "box hammers", etc) back in the day, even after they successfully went looking for and found a wider market.
four.cycle
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ttpete said:
yeah! they made great kindling to start the wood stove!
damn things are collector items now!
