Boys, What is it?

[Pukka Bundook]

I know what it is, but wonder who else has seen one of these.   Been in the family forever.
(You can see a real rough "HARE" scratched on it.)

Best,
Richard.

[rich pierce]

Looks too heavy to be a hide scraper or leather working tool so I’m stumped.

[T.C.Albert]

Mill stone dressing hammer.
Best guess.
TCA

[Dennis Glazener]

Mill stone dressing hammer.
Best guess.
TCA

I second Tim's best guess. Or a stone Mason's pick hammer.
Dennis

[Pukka Bundook]

Tim and Dennis,
You are both right on the money!

My grandfather used it last.   We had some big (5 foot) millstones and he'd re-cut the grooves once in a while.  he had a good lot of the steel chisel parts, and we brought a few over here with us.
When dressing the quartz, he wore goggles made of fine wire mesh.

V smart folks on this forum!   

Best regards,
Richard.

[Levy]

When I worked for the State of Florida as a conservator, I was visited 2 or 3 times by an older gentleman that was a mill stone dresser.  His name was Jim Welch and he traveled around the country dressing mill stones at active mills and others that he worked to restore.  I remember that he told me if the meal is coming off the stones too hot, then the stones need to be dressed.  James Levy

[Eric Kettenburg]

That is a real treasure, one of those "find another!" kind of relics of which most have long since vanished.