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Metalworkers hammer - blunt and chisel ends - Antique

Curved tack hammer - two small ends, metal collar, grooved wooden handle - Antique

Tinners hammer - blunt and chisel ends - Antique

Curved claw hammer - metal strap, wooden handle - Antique

Tack hammer - two small ends, wooden handle - Antique

Ball-peen hammer - wooden handle - Antique

Curved claw hammer - metal strap, wooden handle, held together with wire - Antique

Curved claw hammer - riveted metal strap, wooden handle - Antique

Old hammer - metal head and wooden handle held together with tape - Antique

Lathe hammer - blunt and axe ends, metal strap, wooden handle - Antique

Metalworker hammer - looped metal handle - Antique

Metalworker hammer - blunt and straight chisel ends - Antique

Lathe hammer - blunt and axe ends, one piece metal head and handle - Antique

Watchmakers hammer -blunt and straight chisel ends - Antique

Pin hammer - cross-peen and blunt ends - Antique

Metalworker hammer - blunt and chisel ends - Antique

Metalworker hammer - round and square blunt ends - Antique

Metalworker hammer - blunt and chisel ends, looped metal handle - Antique

Japanese claw hammer - flat metal handle - Antique

Welders hammer - chisel and pointed ends, coiled spring metal handle - Antique

Metalworker hammer - rounded and chisel ends - Antique

Upholstery hammer - elongated straight claw head, metal strap, wooden handle - Antique

Curved claw hammer - metal head and handle

Planishing hammer - rounded square and round ends - Antique

Curved claw hammer - metal strap, curved wooden handle - Antique

Old hammer - blunt and horozontal axe ends - Antique

Roofers hammer - blunt and elongated pointed ends with central claw - Antique

Boiler scaling hammer - horizontal and vertical chisel ends - Antique

Coal hammer - blunt and vertical chisel ends - Antique

Curved claw hammer - wooden handle - Antique

Stonemasons hammer - blunt and elongated chisel ends, wooden handle - Antique

Half hatchet hammer - blunt and axe ends, metal head, wooden handle - Antique

Fretz metleworker hammer - polished rounded and chisel ends

Roofers hammer - blunt and pointed ends with central claw

Mallet - small copper head wooden handle - Antique

Curved claw hammer - short wooden handle - Antique

Metalworkers hammer - blunt and chisel ends

Half hatchet hammer - blunt and axe ends, black metal head, wooden handle

Mallet - small chunky steel head wooden handle - Antique

Mallet - black rubber head wooden handle

Mallet - large square wooden head and handle

Thor mallet - hide wrapped in metal with wooden handle

Hammers

I think I must have owned a dozen or so hammers before I accepted that I was not buying them for purely functional reasons. Although I loved the aesthetic of old tools and preferred to buy them to new versions, I had only ever bought tools to use. The hammers were therefore my first tool collection. The first time I had considered a tool as a worthy ornament. The fact that they are worn with age and use is a big part of it but I also love that there are so many different shaped hammers, all with one function - to strike. The difference to the aesthetic is just dependent on what is being struck. Placing the hammers together in a collection not only emphasises their difference but also their sameness. I also think that there's strength in multiples, one hammer can be beautiful but 50 in a row is something to behold. My love of museums is also something that feeds my collections. The displaying of commonplace objects of use in museums tends to elevate their importance. They are no longer objects to be used but become objects to be viewed. The display of my collections is crucial, it's not enough to just have them, I need to display them.

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