Subject: Hammers

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 12:03:00 EST

A few years ago (perhaps many) I read an article in the Smithsonian about
  hammer collecting.  It mentioned that there exists a group of hammer
  collectors out there somewhere.  Does anyone know of such a group and if
  so, how to contact them?
  Thanks

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 08:56:44 -0500

>   collectors out there somewhere.  Does anyone know of such a group and if

John, try contacting Ron Baird, Rt.1 Box 331-AA, Fair Grove, MO 65648 
or call (417) 759-2816. Ron is the king of the collectors of the King 
of Tools as he calls the hammer. He has thousands of hammers, also 
authored a book on hammers, with much useful infomation including all 
the patent records. Think this book was called the King of Tools or 
something like that. Haven't talked to him in years, may not be at 
this address anymore. There's also the Midwest Tool Collectors 
Association, don't have a contact for them but maybe someone else is a 
member. I think Ron was mentioned in the Smithsonian article. Tell him 
I sent you -- I wrote a story about him back inthe 80s sometime.
-- 
Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO
Editor Rural Missouri Magazine
Newsletter editor, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri

³Foolish consistencies are the hobgoblins of little minds³

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From: Dan Nibbelink <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 07:27:05 -0700

> I sent you -- I wrote a story about him back inthe 80s sometime.

Midwest Tool Collectors Association
send membership app ($20 I think, my magazine didn't say) to:
William Rigler, Treasurer
Rt. 2, Box 152
Wartrace, TN 37183
Quarterly magazine, catalog reprints, many meetings. Worth it if you like 
old tools, but mostly wood working.
-- 
Dan Nibbelink
RedHawk Forge
Berthoud, Colorado
[email-masked]
http://www.csn.net/~dannibb