To: [email protected]
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:46:39 AM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:44:05 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >After having my helpers break out a few wood handles when I started framing
for myself, I changed to a 22oz Plumb fiberglass hammer.
> Can't beat a good leather handled steel shaft Estwing, in my opinion.
> You'l never break a handle, the head never comes loose, the leather
> grip is comfortable, and they are extremely well balanced.
The carpenters I worked with (I was the summer-job-during-college gofer)
preferred the wood handles. That little shock, when the head hits the nail,
can do a job on tendons, they said. The slight compliance of the wood
handle made a significant comfort difference.
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