2 finds at a Rummage sale...

[steven c newman]

Tis the season, once again....was even a sunny 70+ degrees outside....went to a couple yard sales, the Boss found a few items....then at a Rummage Sale...
April Yard Sale finds.JPG
Spent $2.25 for these two....normal sheet of paper envelope under them, for scale...
April Yard Sale, screwdriver 1.JPG
Seems to be an older Stanley, square shank, fluted wood handle..price tag says 25 cents
April Yard Sale, screwdriver 2.JPG
But, it is that $2 Ball Peen Hammer that has my interest...solid brass head has a bunch of lettering stamped in it
April Yard Sale, hammer head.JPG
Seems there was a local Rail Road area here....before CSX, before ConRail, before Penn Central, and before New York Central...the C.C.C. & St. L. RR Co.

They had a large Roundhouse here in town, with all the shops needed to service the Steam locomotives they ran...maybe this hammer "ran away"?
Has a hole in the ball part...
April Yard Sale. ball end.JPG
Not too bad of a start, for the Yard Sale Season?

[lowell holmes]

Now visit one of these sites and get a new handle for it. I have done that and have a good ball peen hammer.
I don't know why, but I do.
https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=m...=hammer+handle

[Kevin Hampshire]

Steven, I recognize that line. Trying to remember if I grew up in the area of their right-of-way.

[Bill Houghton]

Now visit one of these sites and get a new handle for it. I have done that and have a good ball peen hammer.
I don't know why, but I do.
https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=m...=hammer+handle

You left out House Handle: https://www.househandle.com/products.html#machinist for the ball peen hammers, and https://www.househandle.com/ for their home page.

[Stew Denton]

Steven,

I remember my dad having wooden handled screwdrivers like that. With an nice handle that ball pein hammer could be really nice, and very likely a collector of RR stuff might be happy to have that.

Stew

[Ken Martin]

A railroad collector would want the original handle, a bright new handle would lower the value.

Ken

Steven,

With an nice handle that ball pein hammer could be really nice, and very likely a collector of RR stuff might be happy to have that.

Stew

[steven c newman]

Sold that wee hammer to a collector, today....loved the older handle, but was more interested in the logo on the side of the hammer's head....And..he has a lot of items from that railroad and a couple other roads. Also sold a wrench used on the old Traction Line that ran through town...I tend to keep an eye out for such old tools.

[Stew Denton]

Steven,

Ya did good!

Stew

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Really cool find....