A Bargain For Someone....

[heritage 202]

When I saw this post I was curious and decided to take a look..,I'm no expert on the subject but looking at the photo it dosen't look anything like an original trapping hammer.........,it actually bears more resemblance to an old brick hammer..,

[The one 8,487]

what does that do different...to a standard hammer

You can knock all the snare pegs in with a rubber mallet so you dont damage the pegs , but instead of treating yourself to a hammer like that you would buy a brickies hammer use the head to knock pegs ,pins in etc ,and the flat bit to rake out the trap bed or see the knot in the twine on the snares between the peg and the tealer put it in there and pull to ease your peg snares out .Or you can buy a purpose made one like that

[The one 8,487]

When I saw this post I was curious and decided to take a look..,I'm no expert on the subject but looking at the photo it dosen't look anything like an original trapping hammer.........,it actually bears more resemblance to an old brick hammer..,

Aye i think the only difference would be a trapping hammer would have a knick in the blade for lifting snares ?. and i cant see it

[Matt 160]

That is a genuine brades trapping hammer.

 

Not all trapping hammers had the notch for pulling chains; I think it was an optional extra.

 

Whoever bought it got themselves a bargain.

[paulus 26]

looks like a welding hammer

[The one 8,487]

As usual it all comes to cost with me and i dont think i could justify spending on a vintage hammer when a brickies hammer does the job

[OldTrapCollector 377]

Genuine Brades yes, trapping hammer no ...

 

It is a brick hammer

 

OTC

[Outlaw Pete 2,224]

That is a genuine brades trapping hammer.

 

 

 

Got to disagree with you there, Matt .....

 

 

As Mick Dundee might have said;

 

" Naah. That's not a genuine, Brades, Trapping Hammer! This is a genuine, Brades, Trapping Hammer ..... "

 

 

[Matt 160]

Fair play; two of the people I have the most respect for when it comes to vintage trapping kit have quite rightly corrected me.

 

A brick hammer it is.

 

Thankfully, mine is more like the picture shown by Pete, complete with notch.....

 

I would think that even if it is a brick hammer, £17 for a quality forged british brick hammer still isn't out of the way..

[IanB 0]

I had a brick hammer exactly the same and modified it myself a couple of year ago...not that I do a heap of fenn trapping, but it does what its designed to do..

[Tiercel 6,986]

I had a brick hammer exactly the same and modified it myself a couple of year ago...not that I do a heap of fenn trapping, but it does what its designed to do..

Cut bricks?

 

TC

[IanB 0]

 

I had a brick hammer exactly the same and modified it myself a couple of year ago...not that I do a heap of fenn trapping, but it does what its designed to do..

Cut bricks?

 

TC

 

 

Before I modified it, it would of cut bricks perfect no good now its been welded up...

To be honest, it's just as quick using my normal spade than mucking around with hammers and crap.. I just check hole, will trap fit yes/no use rabbiting spade to increase roof height and level base, fit trap, most of the areas I trap I can push my peg in using palm of hand or heel of foot, bit of peat over the top from my bag, spread to slight depression, catch off..Come to remove pull the trap out vertically and pull peg with it..

 

Need to be quick, when placing many traps out, I prefer to remove from the roof if I can, thats my personal choice, scratting about with hammers is no good for were I'm putting them in..

[Matt 160]

To be fair, that is pretty much what I do these days Ian.

 

I'm too mean to risk my genuine trap hammer, and to be honest, for bedding Fenns and Imbras into burrows I don't find it that good..... having said that, it is fantastic for bedding in tunnels and hammering in pegs.....

 

Funnily enough, I fancied a few coneys for a treat for my little terrier this week, so I headed off yesterday into the field next to the cottage where I am in Devon at the moment. I set up 3 Imbras and a fenn, using nothing except an old bulldog ferreting spade (even to bang the anchors in). Sadly, not even a tickle on the traps this morning. I suspect our old friend Mr Mixie has visited in the last few weeks, but we'll see what tomorrow yields if anything.

 

I think for a general purpose trapping hammer you won't go far wrong with the ones offered for sale by Fourteenacre. If you have a fetish for vintage kit then an old brick hammer would be OK, but I think few if any genuine trapping hammers are still in full service these days.

[IanB 0]

Yes I made mine different... I find the scraping blade too long on them shown and the one in fourteen acre... thats why I modified a brick hammer, cutting it down and then the scraper I added is shorter and angled so I can get into the hole easier and use it easier to level the base when turned on its side... Thats when I use it on rare occasions..

 

Old bulldog rabbiting spade does me...

[micky 3,325]

that style of hammer was used when was legal to set traps outside the holes they are useless for fenn ,juby or imbra sets, a hammer with a head one side and a hoe the other is to big for practical use.