I think it looks like the ones used by printers of a hundred + years ago to set type, back before the Line-o-type machines when type was set in single characters.
Charley
Charley
Could be. The size and brass faces would work for that. I have never seen one that looked like this one, but still it could be. The screw attachment of the brass faces might have allowed for other possibly softer faces and or a slightly concave one for radiused fret boards.Looks like a fret hammer used to gently pound fret wire into slots on stringed instruments. Its the right size for this delicate work. Newer quality fret hammers have one brass face and one softer face of Rubber or phenolic. Some old fret hammers had two brass faces or brass and hard wood insert.
I'll look into that. Thanks @JohnWLooks like a fret hammer used to gently pound fret wire into slots on stringed instruments. Its the right size for this delicate work. Newer quality fret hammers have one brass face and one softer face of Rubber or phenolic. Some old fret hammers had two brass faces or brass and hard wood insert.