Identify Vintage Maul Head

[Makattak81]

Any ideas what this was used for? Thanks!

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[notlob]

I have the same hammer, marked Atha and 5, and would also like to know its intended use. Blacksmithery?

 

[Carla]

That's an old shipbuilders' tool, called a 'topping-maul' or 'pin-maul'. They are still used today in repair work on wooden hulls, for driving spikes or bolts into a counterbore in a plank or timber.

Allegedly, the old-timers would have developed the skill to drive a bolt accurately with the 'pin end', but more commonly today, one worker would hold the tool in place with the pin end on the bolt, and another would strike the tool with a sledge.

cheers

Carla

 

[Lssix]

Theres a store with a whole selection of similar tools for not terrible prices. I considered picking up a few for having a go at smithing but I hat the idea of misusing an old tool.



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[notlob]

Thanks Carla -

You are a walking tool/machinist encyclopedia!