Redecorating?

My favorite hammer is an Estwing 24 ounce framing hammer with a "thing" on the shaft. I looked for it on the Estwing website, and couldn't find anything like it. It was given to me by a co-worker moving to Hawaii. I have no idea how old it is. I think the "thing" on the shaft is supposed to be used to straighten twisted rafters and joists. I now have a pneumatic framing mail gun, so I don't know how much I will be using it.

 

I have used the brick hammer, for masonry projects, and the ball-peen hammer for making ash trays!

 

@Don Alaska
Have you read the historical novel, "Unintended Consequences", by John Ross? The main character, Henry Bowman, as a young boy, is given an Estwing by his father.......
Frank

 

Nope, not familiar with the book. Is it worth reading?

 

Well I've heard of a sledgehammer to crack a nut but not necessary to drive a nail

 

Well its true Frank, as the song goes - 'Don't get around much anymore'
I do like the hammer in the first picture you posted, ideal I'd say

 

I use different types of hammers on the job, mostly a Ball-Peen and Soft Faced one.
Ball-Peen for cutting and shaping gaskets.


The double sided soft hammer has replaceable heads and used when I need to 'urge' something without marking the surface.


@Don Alaska I also have a 28oz. Framing Hammer from the old days before nail guns with a very nasty milled head, that could do some serious damage to the fingers if you didn't know how to use a framing hammer.

 

More than likely it’s an Estwing Hammertooth and relatively new or at least as new as framing guns. The claw and tooth are used to align and straighten 2x joint ends in the framing process without getting your hand in harms way of a pneumatically set nail or having another person to hold the board straight.

 

What I saw last night was a guy repairing his fishing boat
so he was under it (it was jacked up) and hammering a big nail into it, very awkward and I thought 'you need a bigger hammer head' !
Got us talking hammers anyway

 

In the world of technology, there is another well accepted form of fixing one’s computer.

 

Driving a spike? ....size, matters!

 

Well I didn't know there was so many different hammers out there, maybe the guy I was watching didn't know this either

 

The heads too big !!

 

When it comes to “hammering out” problems with one’s computer, larger problems need larger solutions.
I definitely do recommend the Estwing 28oz rigger’s hammer for those extraordinarily large problem occasions. The serrated head gives the user less chance of slippage and when the computer is permanently fixed, even the FBI will not be able to hack it.

 

'hammering out problems' ……………… Ha ha !

I clearly get the explanation Bobby and if you want a job done right, you need the right tool !
@Bobby Cole