Hawsing or caulking beetle

caulking hammer

TOOLS - CAULKING
USA, NY, Brooklyn
wood; metal
Overall: 31 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

Shipwrights' beetle, bittle or caulking hammer (hawsing hammer), used mainly for driving horsing irons or jerry irons, or similar heavy work. Head and handle made of wood. Ends of head bound with iron bands. Ref: "Tools of the Maritime Trades", by John E. Horsley.


1986.35

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