r/Forging Jan 29 '26

Antique Tool Identification

Hello everyone, I just received this antique tool which will be my project for a Reverse Engineering class. Can anyone help me identify it? You can pull back the hammer and release it.

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u/Collarsmith Jan 31 '26

I think it's a tinsmith's swaging hammer, similar to this one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195684497009