Tracing down a vintage logo on 8 lb. sledge hammer

[hurler99]

Attaching three photos, especially the logo one, to try and identify.
All help is welcome.

 

[Oregon Dave]

Don't rule out A bar Y ranch; or some other user modification.

 

[Farmer J.]

Copied from a post by SkyPuncher in the Railway Tools thread:
-Verona Tool Co. of Verona, Pennsylvania
Founded in 1883 at Verona, PA. They produced sledge hammers, axes, bars, picks and railroad tools. They were purchased by Ames Tools in 1997.
Mark can be found on axes, hatchets, sledge hammers, and railroad track wrenches, etc.

Railroad Tools Big & Small

It does have a very cool marking. You know some guys collect RR tools, paraphernalia, and ephemera just for the railway, right? Do you have anything else with the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway acronym on it? It's a cool and none too common marking in my experience. Well, if you're...

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[Beerhippie]

Don't rule out A bar Y ranch; or some other user modification.

That would be a terrible livestock brand.

 

[Oregon Dave]

That would be a terrible livestock brand.

Llamas

 

[hurler99]

Copied from a post by SkyPuncher in the Railway Tools thread:
-Verona Tool Co. of Verona, Pennsylvania
Founded in 1883 at Verona, PA. They produced sledge hammers, axes, bars, picks and railroad tools. They were purchased by Ames Tools in 1997.
Mark can be found on axes, hatchets, sledge hammers, and railroad track wrenches, etc.

Railroad Tools Big & Small

It does have a very cool marking. You know some guys collect RR tools, paraphernalia, and ephemera just for the railway, right? Do you have anything else with the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway acronym on it? It's a cool and none too common marking in my experience. Well, if you're...

www.garagejournal.com

Thank you Farmer J., link to Verona Tool had everything I needed, especially the link to the Catalog.
Wayne