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Roman Hammers - Primvs Pavlvs - 10-15-2007
Looking for an image of a all purpose Roman hammer. I prefer something from the 1st century. I think it would be nice to actually have a reproduction hammer in camp.
Re: Roman Hammers - Caius Fabius - 10-15-2007
I have several photos send me your email addy in a PM
Re: Roman Hammers - LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS - 10-15-2007
A lot of hand tools here:
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/ymu/sqh ... /daten.htm
At the bottom of the page, you will seee some hammers drawings:
![[Image: werka03.gif]](http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/ymu/sqhm/werkzeug/bilder/werka03.gif)
You can see, there are very similar to actual examples.
Re: Roman Hammers - Peroni - 10-15-2007
I can get you them reproduced Paul :wink:
Hammers reproducing - Caius Fabius - 10-15-2007
baby hammers? A whole family of hammers, then grand hammers and ....
Re: Roman Hammers - Primvs Pavlvs - 10-15-2007
Thanks Guys!
Adrian I think I will tackle this one myself. Shipping a 2k hammer from the UK would cost more than production! :wink:
hand made from billets - richsc - 10-15-2007
I all Roman hammers were forged from iron billets. Metalsmiths and armorers still do that today if they want a speciality hammer. The more uneven it looks the more accurate.
Re: Roman Hammers - Martin Moser - 10-16-2007
Always interesting:
Manning, W.H. Catalogue of the Romano-British Iron Tools, Fittings and Weapons in the British Museum, London 1985
Re: Roman Hammers - Peroni - 10-16-2007
Paul, I have a copy of the paper that Martin mentions should you want a copy.
Re: Roman Hammers - Marcus Mummius - 10-16-2007
How much would such a hammer cost Adrian? Are there also any Roman ball peen hammers known?
Vale,
Re: Roman Hammers - LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS - 10-16-2007
Yes. The ball hammer is know yet by the egipcians. There are a egiptina goldsmith's ball hammer, made in stone.
The ball it's not so marked, it's a rounded ending of the square body of the hammer.
Re: Roman Hammers - jvrjenivs - 10-16-2007
Quote:How much would such a hammer cost Adrian? Are there also any Roman ball peen hammers known?
I'm also interested in repros of roman tools, like saw, hammers, etc.
Re: Roman Hammers - M. Demetrius - 10-16-2007
Saws. Now there's something. What would a basic carpenter shop saw have looked like? A wood frame saw like what's called a "buck saw" in the US?
Re: Roman Hammers - Gaius Julius Caesar - 10-16-2007
I think there is one at Corbridge, if my memory serves me well.... :?
Re: Roman Hammers - Peroni - 10-16-2007
There are sculptures that feature frame saws, as well as the traditional handsaw.
There are some nice hammers from Richborough and from a relatively unknown iron hoard from Worlington. (Now kept in the bowels of the Cambridge University Museum).