Vaughn & Bushnell Ball Pein

[Cope]

I've had this 4 oz. Vaughn & Bushnell hammer for a long time. Does anyone have an idea of the vintage?

 

[woody 73]

I did a post story some time back:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=270378

I seem to recall finding a post somewhere that had the older logo id, but darn if now when I need it I can not find it.

I will keep looking for it maybe I can find that old logo date.

 

[Cope]

I did a post story some time back:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=270378

I seem to recall finding a post somewhere that had the older logo id, but darn if now when I need it I can not find it.

I will keep looking for it maybe I can find that old logo date.

Duh! And I was the first reply, too. My memory is shorter than that hammer handle.

 

[woody 73]

I found this but it not the same as yours:

https://books.google.com/books?id=_...okclip#v=onepage&q=vaughan's vanadium&f=false



Cope don't feel bad I am the same way and my wife never lets me forget about it!

 

[notlob]

The V&B logo style on that hammer is distinctive (note the upper portion of the 'B') and appears to match the logo on this 1922 catalog:

http://www.vaughanandbushnellplanes.com/vaughan-bushnell-history-of-hand-plane-manufacture/

The V&B logos on later catalogs shown on that same webpage are somewhat different.

 

[Cope]

I did a post story some time back:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=270378

I seem to recall finding a post somewhere that had the older logo id, but darn if now when I need it I can not find it.

I will keep looking for it maybe I can find that old logo date.

Duh! And I was the first reply, too. My memory is shorter than that hammer handle.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I picked up this 12-oz Vaughan & Bushnell ball-pein this morning at the flea market. The handle has an unusually slim neck. Decent marking.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Other than the 12 oz ball-pein posted just above back in 2019 and the strange pliers posted in the other Vaughan & Bushnell thread, linked here, both of which have the early fancy V&B logo marking, I have never seen another vintage Vaughan & Bushnell tool in the wild before I picked up this set of rivet setters at the flea this morning. Which was doubly surprising, because most of the vintage rivet setters I find are Osborne or American Swiss File & Tool Co. or one of the other old venerable NJ companies.

Does anyone know when they dropped the & Bushnell logo for the plain and singular "[VAUGHAN]" branding?

 

[Mintgrun]

This is my tiniest hammer. I found the head in a scrap bucket and made a quick and dirty handle out of maple. I don't know what it weighs ( maybe 2 oz.? ), but the diameter of the flat end is .55" and the length is 2.1". It deserves a nicer handle, but this one works just fine.