MINT EARLY W & B CO. FARRIER'S HAMMER

Very very little used and beautifully made.

From alloy-artifacts.org: "Whitman & Barnes (W&B) was a well-known tool maker active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its main office in Akron, Ohio. The Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Company (W&B) was founded in 1877 by the merger of the Whitman & Miles Company with George Barnes & Company, and initially operated as a maker of knives for mowers and reapers. The company's principal location was in Akron, Ohio, with a secondary location in Syracuse, New York"