Mini Rant-
One of the things I find odd on the jobsite is the affinity for peoples' attraction to buying expensive titanium head hammers. The hammer is north of 200 bucks, it neck and head is usually a California framer style which limits reach in stud pockets, etc. Worst yet- they buy this expensive and still cannot hit a nail..............
The oddest thing to me is most do not realize titanium is a poor striking /impact metal and it deforms pretty fast compared to traditional tool type steel o-2 or w-2 steel. So they really do not last like my Plumb or say a Vaughan. I traditionally set up the hammer by removing the lacquer and then treating with BLO, then wrap the top and bottom with rubber tape and then add the elec tape to secure. This extends the hammer handle quite a bit limiting the damage from over strikes, etc. The handle seen is the 4th or 5th, do not remember at this point. The head was rechecked in 1988, so probably not a 22 oz more like 21oz .
Here is is the latest hammer I bought, mostly because it mimic's my 1979 Plumb framer (except for the sq-head) and the main reason I bought it was the head weight was 10 oz ?!
Swinging this is like swinging a flyswatter, but hey for 12 bucks (inc shipping) why not ........ funny they actually made something like this.
One of the things I find odd on the jobsite is the affinity for peoples' attraction to buying expensive titanium head hammers. The hammer is north of 200 bucks, it neck and head is usually a California framer style which limits reach in stud pockets, etc. Worst yet- they buy this expensive and still cannot hit a nail..............
The oddest thing to me is most do not realize titanium is a poor striking /impact metal and it deforms pretty fast compared to traditional tool type steel o-2 or w-2 steel. So they really do not last like my Plumb or say a Vaughan. I traditionally set up the hammer by removing the lacquer and then treating with BLO, then wrap the top and bottom with rubber tape and then add the elec tape to secure. This extends the hammer handle quite a bit limiting the damage from over strikes, etc. The handle seen is the 4th or 5th, do not remember at this point. The head was rechecked in 1988, so probably not a 22 oz more like 21oz .
Here is is the latest hammer I bought, mostly because it mimic's my 1979 Plumb framer (except for the sq-head) and the main reason I bought it was the head weight was 10 oz ?!
Swinging this is like swinging a flyswatter, but hey for 12 bucks (inc shipping) why not ........ funny they actually made something like this.