Ashley Burton
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16oz is a good average weight if you ask me! 32oz is a little over kill if constantly using it.
16oz is a good average weight if you ask me! 32oz is a little over kill if constantly using it.
I've just bought one and it seems a nice hammer!
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20oz produces quite a wump when needed!
You have just explained something to me, I have a Stanley steel shafted hammer from the early '70s. The claw part is a lot flatter than most of them, I think it must be a framing hammer then. In those days I sold tools in a builders merchant & the plumbers asked for them as they could use the claw for knocking out the bit when notching joists for pipes instead of using a hammer & chisel. Never heard of them called by name before.Check out whether you want a claw hammer or framers hammer
The angle of the nail pullers are different i think framers hammers are easier to use forr pulling nails as you can swing it into the nail if its slightly embedded
Its hard to keep hold of a hammer around here ,the last decent one I had is buried in the mud in one of the fields after one of the girls needed to do some fencing repairs
Anyway I kicked off about it and they bought me this estwing for christmas
Tiz a very nice hammer to use, really wasted on me with my carpentry skills
My boss in those days had squeaky floor boards on the landing of the newish house he moved into. He carefully nailed them down in the centre of every board............through every pipe on every joist. He didn't realise the were loose as they had been up!Plumbers eh? Bet there's a few bouncy floors around now....?
You have just explained something to me, I have a Stanley steel shafted hammer from the early '70s. The claw part is a lot flatter than most of them, I think it must be a framing hammer then. In those days I sold tools in a builders merchant & the plumbers asked for them as they could use the claw for knocking out the bit when notching joists for pipes instead of using a hammer & chisel. Never heard of them called by name before.
I have to admit that the rubber handle started to slide off my 30 year old Stanley Steel Master after about 10 years of use so I stuck it back on with PU glue and its been fine for the last 20 years!Thanks for all the replies!
A good range of opinions but a lot of Estwing fans. I was in a hardware shop last week & I tried a blue handled estwing in 16oz & 20oz sizes & they just felt unbalanced. I also tried a 16oz fibreglass shaft Stanley & it felt quite nice!
I guess I'm used to a wooden shaft where the weight is more spread out. The Estwing seems to have the weight at the head where you need it but I guess that takes getting used to!
There have been several of the stanley steel shafted hammers here & they have either had the rubber grip perish & fall off or the head has broken off pulling nails!