Identify Hammer

[jlhamilton81]

I am having a hard time making out the brand of this hammer.

I can make out the last 2 words which I believe are ‘Very Best’
Will attach close up picture of what’s left of logo and full shot.

I have several tools having trouble identifying.
Recently came into a large lot of vintage and antique tools enough to fill up a walk in closet and selling them for my nephew college tuition

If anyone has any ideas on this hammer or if any value please lmk

Attaching pic of table full of tools working on now, if anything stands out/catches eye someone with more experience/knowledge I’d love to learn. You can zoom in for good details on the pic with all the tools

Thanks in advance,
Jeremy H.

 

[kwigly]

Hibbard Spenser Bartlett & Co (Retailers, not the actual maunufacturers)

 

[TnClimber]

Looks like an old Bell System hammer.

 

[four.cycle]

Hibbard / Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co., 211 E. North Water Street, Chicago, IL / "O.V.B." "Our Very Best" "Rev-O-Noc" "Revonoc" / http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers-p2.html#hsb / http://www.thckk.org/history/hsb.pdf / https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/hibbard-spencer-bartlett/ / https://www.roadshowcollectibles.ca...de-by-sandusky-probably-between-1882-and-1917 /

Hello jlhamilton and welcome to the site!

You will be wanting to keep this link handy.

... and this one.

 

[Ricky Joe]

Is there a number on the small box end wrench top right between the draw knife, hammer head, pipe wrench, and cork screw?

 

[four.cycle]

@Ricky Joe - you collect those weird old machine wrenches?


I could be completely off the mark on the Schofield can opener - there's another one that' similar that has a "thing" sticking up out of the "top jaw" (for lack of a better way to express it.) A "top down" view would help, perhaps.

Schofield / Albert B. Schofield, New York, NY / can opener, ice tool / patent 421197 Feb 11 1890 & 441333 Nov 25 1890 Albert B. Schofield / * manufacturer unknown * sold as the "Delmonico", "Peerless", and private-labeled "Diamond Edge", "Rev-O-Noc", & ? /

Any names or herald marks on the poultry shears at lower left or the keyhole saw?

The thing over on the left in the black-and-yellow container has been discussed but I cannot make out the name on it from this image.

BK

 

[four.cycle]

^ I think I blew it on the can opener. I think that's a Bullock. Hard to tell from the photo.
They look somewhat similar. May or may not have anything stamped on it. That type of opener was made for all kinds of private-label accounts.
Photo below.

Bullock / Bullock Mfg. Associates (O.W. Bullock & Co.), 41 Cross St., Springfield, MA / est. 1865 Orvis W. Bullock / "O.W.B. & Co." drills, saws, saw sets, screwdriver, watchmaker tools, measuring devices / patent 85941 Jan 19 1869 Samuel F. Leach & 924372 Jun 8 1909 William A. Peck / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/can-anyone-id-this-adjustable-wrench.97061/ /

Works a lot better if you can provide larger and more clear photo images of the objects - I'm just making a best guess on that opener because I can't see what I need to see.

 

[Ricky Joe]

I don’t collect the machine wrenches. That wrench looks like it might be for adjusting steering boxes on old (1930s) GM cars. I might be interested in it, if so. They were different sizes depending upon application, but usually 7/8” for cars. I don’t need it, having used a cut off wrench for years, but might would buy it.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I have several tools having trouble identifying...[ ]...if anything stands out/catches eye

The tools with the sharp blades above the linesman pliers at the top left, one with a handle, one without, are Babbitt scrapers, for scraping bearings. They have little to no monetary value. Mine and several others and more info here.

It looks like the pliers between the linesman pliers and the dykes could be Kraeuter trench pliers from WWI. Not rare, not terribly valuable, but just for a little more info for your description. Mine for comparison here.

The name (COLTON'S) on the file card and cleaner (lower left, the metal thing that looks like a brush with a pick) is better known among vise collectors for very desirable collectible tiny bench vises. Again, not super rare, and not super valuable, either, but just for a little more info for your description. Mine, for comparison, and if you really want to nerd out, a lot more history than you are probably interested in, here.

If you have a 4" version of that 6" adjustable "S" wrench (at the bottom, between the monkey wrench and the Masterench) in another lot somewhere, it could be worth $100+ in an informed market.

Is the tire tool (combination hammer and tire iron) marked on the flip side?

...selling them for my nephew college tuition.

Not to be an a&& or a Dudley Downer about your avuncular aspiration, and with the caveat that of course every bit helps, even if every tool on this table was rare and valuable, it wouldn't make a dent in even one semester. Maybe books. That's not to say there aren't some antique and vintage mechanics and woodworking tools that are worth some major cabbage. There are. But to help manage your expectations. Good luck on eBait or CL or whereever, though.

EDIT: And if that's a ruse, note that sales are prohibited here in the discussion area and the mods will zap the thread. Don't take that caution personally. We get a lot of 1-post new member flybys just looking to unload tools.

 

[jlhamilton81]

Hibbard Spenser Bartlett & Co (Retailers, not the actual maunufacturers)

Thank You!!!

 

[jlhamilton81]

The tools with the sharp blades above the linesman pliers at the top left, one with a handle, one without, are Babbitt scrapers, for scraping bearings. They have little to no monetary value. Mine and several others and more info here.

It looks like the pliers between the linesman pliers and the dykes could be Kraeuter trench pliers from WWI. Not rare, not terribly valuable, but just for a little more info for your description. Mine for comparison here.

The name (COLTON'S) on the file card and cleaner (lower left, the metal thing that looks like a brush with a pick) is better known among vise collectors for very desirable collectible tiny bench vises. Again, not super rare, and not super valuable, either, but just for a little more info for your description. Mine, for comparison, and if you really want to nerd out, a lot more history than you are probably interested in, here.

If you have a 4" version of that 6" adjustable "S" wrench (at the bottom, between the monkey wrench and the Masterench) in another lot somewhere, it could be worth $100+ in an informed market.

Is the tire tool (combination hammer and tire iron) marked on the flip side?

Not to be an a&& or a Dudley Downer about your avuncular aspiration, and with the caveat that of course every bit helps, even if every tool on this table was rare and valuable, it wouldn't make a dent in even one semester. Maybe books. That's not to say there aren't some antique and vintage mechanics and woodworking tools that are worth some major cabbage. There are. But to help manage your expectations. Good luck on eBait or CL or whereever, though.

EDIT: And if that's a ruse, note that sales are prohibited here in the discussion area and the mods will zap the thread. Don't take that caution personally. We get a lot of 1-post new member flybys just looking to unload tools.

Not looking to sell here on this format.

I am only about $1200 short of what is needed.
The tools on this table makes up maybe 2% of what I have.
I think maybe 40 tools pictured here out of well over 1000-1500 tools.
It’s a lot and definitely worth more than the $1200 I’ve left to raise,
Just looking to identify some of the ones can’t seem to find online

 

[jlhamilton81]

Not looking to sell here on this format.

I am only about $1200 short of what is needed.
The tools on this table makes up maybe 2% of what I have.
I think maybe 40 tools pictured here out of well over 1000-1500 tools.
It’s a lot and definitely worth more than the $1200 I’ve left to raise,
Just looking to identify some of the ones can’t seem to find online

Also Thank you for the info on the ones pictures, really helps a lot

 

[Private Lugnutz]

am only about $1200 short of what is needed.
The tools on this table makes up maybe 2% of what I have.
I think maybe 40 tools pictured here out of well over 1000-1500 tools.
It’s a lot and definitely worth more than the $1200 I’ve left to raise,

Dang, you're either doing very well or college has gotten cheaper! Kidding. Nice work, and that is one mess of tools.

Just looking to identify some of the ones can’t seem to find online

Well, as you can see by the response, looking through odd lots and trying to provide that kind of help is considered fun around here, akin to picking at a good flea market or scoping out pics of an estate sale before it happens, so keep 'em coming.

 

[four.cycle]

^ I enjoy the challenge on the can openers. They are definitely an interesting animal - so many variations - at least on a par level with adjustable wrenches.