Old hammer cleaned and preserved , what type?

[Goldstar1]

Here are some pictures of an old hammer head I cleaned and preserved. I think someone used it as a weight or something , it had some copper wire and iron wire wrapped on it . It measure about 4 " long so not too big, any idea what type it is? I cant seem to find one like it.
It looks very crudely made or it was crudely modified. The town it was in died in the late 1800s, it was a short lived gold mining town.
I have fun cleaning these type of things and its getting too cold to dredge and almost too cold to metal detect so I get into weird projects like this.

 

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[A2coins]

I hear ya getting cold here Time to go through all my put in a box stuff. That looks really old Looks nice!!!!!!

 

[DCMatt]

That one has seen some pretty heavy use. I'm guessing some type of forging or blacksmith hammer.

 

[Tpmetal]

i agree that it looks like a black smiths hammer

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like it was originally a blacksmith's hot chisel. The pointed end would have been sharper. It wore out and became a hammer.

 

[AlabamaRelic]

It appears to be a type of straight peen hammer. What’s the weight?

 

[AlabamaRelic]

https://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d-3209941/2-lbs-straight-peen-hammer-head.html

 

[AlabamaRelic]

 

[reale bill]

Tony in S.C. i think you're correct....what's known as a blacksmith's hot cutter. in 1897,you could get one at Sears for 35 cents !

 

[Goldstar1]

Thanks for all the help with this. I was wondering if it was maybe a blacksmith type hammer so that sounds about right. I dont know the exact weight since I dont have a scale large enough, I would guess about a pound maybe slightly more.