Logging stamp hammer from Michigan.“It was used in the logging days of the mid to late 1800’s

Logging stamp hammer from Michigan.“It was used in the logging days of the mid to late 1800’s for marking the end of the log. This mark identified which company the log belonged to as it made it’s way from the forest to the sawmills. Each company had it’s own identifying symbol or logo. There have been many log ends found along the Saginaw River which is the means of floating the logs to the sawmills, which lined the banks of the river in Bay City, Michigan. The logging pirates would cut the end of the log off and throw it into the river and mark the log with their own mark so the log would be credited to them.” -- source link
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