On 27 Nov 2003 18:10:37 GMT, [email protected] (K. Williams) wrote:
>Does it stay in a hammer loop with
>that weird shaped head?
I don't trust loops anyway. My framing hammer lives on a lanyard, in
case I drop it.
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It looks like the face is right in line with the front of the handle. Looks
like a clearance problem.
"K. Williams" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Has anyone tried this new Estwing hammer? Does it stay in a hammer loop
with
> that weird shaped head?
>
> http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/hand_tools/estwing/wf21.ht
> m?L+coastest+hcfw7838ffb1ffb1+1069961807
On Thu 27 Nov 2003 12:10:37p, [email protected] (K. Williams) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Has anyone tried this new Estwing hammer? Does it stay in a hammer
> loop with that weird shaped head?
>
> http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/hand_tools/estwing/wf21
> .ht m?L+coastest+hcfw7838ffb1ffb1+1069961807
We saw the larger version in Menards awhile ago. I went off and found a
hammerloop because that question occurred to me too. Dropped in just fine
and stayed there.
That was a standard, solid ring hammerloop. Don't know how it would be with
one of the fancy ones. I've swung that hammer at a friends house and I like
it. A lot.
Dan
You don't envision any circumstance where you would be parallel with the
work? I do. I suppose that's the time to use the other hammer, right?
"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote
> ...
> > So?
> >
> >
> > "Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D. P.A." <cdub@_REMOVETHIS_erols.com> wrote...
> > > CW wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It looks like the face is right in line with the front of the
handle.
> > Looks
> > > > like a clearance problem.
> > >
> > > 14" handle. Framing hammer.
>
> When you're framing 14" from the face is just air so clearance problem
with what?
>
> Mike
Weird looking thing, isn't it? It looks like it's been neutered. :)
"K. Williams" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Has anyone tried this new Estwing hammer? Does it stay in a hammer loop
with
> that weird shaped head?
>
> http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/hand_tools/estwing/wf21.ht
> m?L+coastest+hcfw7838ffb1ffb1+1069961807
Upscale wrote:
> Weird looking thing, isn't it? It looks like it's been neutered. :)
Yeah, just what I was thinking. :)
I haven't tried it, but if Estwing made something that freaky looking, they
probably put a lot of R&D into it, and it's probably very ergonomic. Just
'cause hammers have been made a certain way for 200 years doesn't mean it
was a good design.
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>I haven't tried it, but if Estwing made something that freaky looking, they
>probably put a lot of R&D into it, and it's probably very ergonomic.
Maybe they're just trying to do something
-anything to compete with the ten dollar
Chinese copies of the traditional forty
dollar Estwing hammers you can get at
Menard's now.
BUB 209 wrote:
>>I haven't tried it, but if Estwing made something that freaky looking,
>>they probably put a lot of R&D into it, and it's probably very ergonomic.
>
> Maybe they're just trying to do something
> -anything to compete with the ten dollar
> Chinese copies of the traditional forty
> dollar Estwing hammers you can get at
> Menard's now.
Oh. Could be. Patents are wonderful that way, for awhile.
Are the copies any good? I love my Estwing hammer. Hard to imagine a
knockoff this well-balanced and durable. I bought this thing when I had to
drive a couple thousand 2" ring shank nails. I was killing myself with a
regular 16 oz. hammer. I barely broke in the Estwing with that light task.
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>Are the copies any good?
They'll do, but the finish work on the
claw isn't as good. The nail puller
tapers together to a fine point the
way it should, but the claws are a
little too blunt. Of course you dont
get the wound leather handle, it's
bright orange rubbery plastic, but
that's actually better if it's laying in
a pile of leaves.
Yes, I bought a couple, (16 and 20 oz.)
simply because I lose at least
one hammer a year, that's always
a factor in my tool purchases. Some-
where in the Twilight Zone is small
WAREHOUSE containing all the tools
I've ever owned.
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote
...
> So?
>
>
> "Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D. P.A." <cdub@_REMOVETHIS_erols.com> wrote...
> > CW wrote:
> > >
> > > It looks like the face is right in line with the front of the handle.
> Looks
> > > like a clearance problem.
> >
> > 14" handle. Framing hammer.
When you're framing 14" from the face is just air so clearance problem with what?
Mike