Backing hammer
Object/Artifact
Used backing hammer, wood and metal, flat face, solid back curve. End of handle broken, wrapped with brown packing tape.
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2021.12.1
Used by bookbinders to round and shape back of spine of book.
Historic
tools and equipment
11.5 mm
IronWood