on 7/18/2008 4:50 AM Doc said the following:
Years ago I bought a toolbox from someone and there were a couple of
these small hammers made out of wood. The head is maybe 1 - 1 1/2
inches across, a couple of inches long. On one of them the head is
made of what looks like a wood strip that's been wound, the other is
solid. Either of them weigh a few ounces.

What would these be used for?

They are more commonly called a 'rawhide mallet'. Mallets are used to
pound on things that you don't want to use a steel hammer on, which
would mar whatever you were banging on. In the old days, they were used
to pound hub caps onto wheels. A lot less painful than using your bare hand.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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