Trusty-Cook, the Birth of White Hammers

hammersmadeinusa · Sep 25, 2015

I posted this on another thread today, but I'm afraid many of you won't see it at the end of the old thread. So here goes again. Would anybody like a "Buddy Blasters"?

I hate to tell everybody, but a HUGE company that needs heavy duty hammers to work on their turbines, loves the white hammers. We have a line of three hammers that we call Buddy Blasters, named after the late Buddy Trusty. These hammers are nearly indestructible. This large company came to us because they were using other dead blow hammers and were ending up with shot in their turbines. We told them they needed something even beyond our standard hammers, so we engineered the buddy blaster for them. End of shot problems in the turbines--and the birth of our white line of hammers. Sorry, these hammers are not available to the general public, and are extremely pricey. But keep your eyes open for an upcoming promo...we love to get our products in the hands of our loyal customers.

organ · Sep 25, 2015

How are they engineered differently?

Ricoch3T · Sep 25, 2015

I might buy one, just because its a little different.

firworks · Sep 25, 2015

Wow those look and sound awesome. I assume you mean GJ'ers when you say in the hands of your loyal customers?

Dennis Leigh Henry · Sep 25, 2015

hammersmadeinusa said:
I posted this on another thread today, but I'm afraid many of you won't see it at the end of the old thread. So here goes again. Would anybody like a "Buddy Blasters"?

I hate to tell everybody, but a HUGE company that needs heavy duty hammers to work on their turbines, loves the white hammers. We have a line of three hammers that we call Buddy Blasters, named after the late Buddy Trusty. These hammers are nearly indestructible. This large company came to us because they were using other dead blow hammers and were ending up with shot in their turbines. We told them they needed something even beyond our standard hammers, so we engineered the buddy blaster for them. End of shot problems in the turbines--and the birth of our white line of hammers. Sorry, these hammers are not available to the general public, and are extremely pricey. But keep your eyes open for an upcoming promo...we love to get our products in the hands of our loyal customers.

Good story here, and love the tribute ..

Many moons ago, I remember contacting one of the dead blow hammer suppliers (Stanley brand that maybe were Trusty?) about FOD from what appeared to be shot in one of our N14 diesel engines.. Turns out the shot is iron based not lead, so that lead went dry.

I'm glad to know that innovation is still alive at Trusty..

PS: should we whisper about the other thread and the "other" colors? :beer:

bobbycos · Sep 25, 2015

Whisper? ????

I'm gonna say out loud that I am extremely interested in the white hammers

I'll say it again

I am interested in the white hammers

Skin · Sep 25, 2015

How much does a hammer like that list for?

jeremy v said:
Urban dictionary definition

I'd like to say that site is full of retardation but that would be doing actual people who suffer from retardation a disservice. Your intelligence drops a few points every time you visit it so do yourself a favor and dont.

kunkernator · Sep 25, 2015

I was going to say GREEN hammers....

But I am interested in the white ones just because they are engineered differently.

Skin · Sep 25, 2015

jeremy v said:
You might be right. I'm not very proficient in urban slang, I've always lived in the suburbs. I just thought it was a bit of a strange name for a hammer, so I looked up "buddy blaster" on Google and the urban dictionary definition was the second result and the racial slur database was listed a few results later. I don't know anything about how accurate those sites are, but I would think they would have to be pretty high traffic sites to end up high on the list of Google search results. I was just giving them the heads up in case that term is a known saying in the military etc. Trusty Cook makes good hammers (I own a few), and I wouldn't want them to lose any business over an obviously unintentional naming issue. The average person is not going to know that the hammer is named after Buddy Trusty.

No, that is not military "slang". Anyone can go on that site and make up any stupid thing that pops into their mind. If the internet had rewards for dumbest websites i'd expect that to be in the top 5.

woody 73 · Sep 25, 2015

Showing me hammers is like taking a group of recovering men and walking them through the beer district...I will take any color hammers you make! :beer:

Buckgnarly · Sep 25, 2015

Never heard "Buddy Blaster" used during my time in the military for what its worth.... now if Trusty named the blue hammers Blue Falcons, we could have a problem! :lol_hitti

ChevyEFI · Sep 25, 2015

Define extremely pricey.

And is the shot replaced with washers for FOD purpose?

Youngguns · Sep 25, 2015

I say it every time, "maybe this will be the time," but I still don't have a dead-blow hammer, and I like idea of indestructible. I'm not sure if 64 ounces would be a viable every day dead-blow though.

I will tell you this, I will buy your products one day!

justtools · Sep 25, 2015

64 ozs is for finish work / light assembly. I wonder what other sizes they make.

venturesomerite · Sep 25, 2015

LOL, I don't know what everyone else read, but I read here's a hammer, you can't buy it. It's pricey, big companies use it, it's different but I don't say why. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I got from it.

This sounds like my wife asking for a birthday present, Spill it!

edit, looking at the pictures, for some reason the handles look skinny, or is the head on it big?

Youngguns · Sep 25, 2015

venturesomerite said:
LOL, I don't know what everyone else read, but I read here's a hammer, you can't buy it. It's pricey, big companies use it, it's different but I don't say why. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I got from it.

This sounds like my wife asking for a birthday present, Spill it!

"...not available to the general public, and are extremely pricey. But keep your eyes open for an upcoming promo...we love to get our products in the hands of our loyal customers."

balrog · Sep 25, 2015

Was there a reason like FOD or tool control for the client to request the hammers to be fabricated in white?

Jarhead0408 · Sep 26, 2015

Buckgnarly said:
Never heard "Buddy Blaster" used during my time in the military for what its worth.... now if Trusty named the blue hammers Blue Falcons, we could have a problem!

Hahaha.... And he strikes again!

"Ca-CAW!!!!" :lol_hitti

hammersmadeinusa · Sep 27, 2015

Bingo!

organ · Sep 27, 2015

hammersmadeinusa said:
Bingo!

So, uh... how are these engineered differently from your regular hammers?

firworks · Sep 27, 2015

organ said:
So, uh... how are these engineered differently from your regular hammers?

They're much whiter. They've been engineered to a new standard of whiteness.

Caman · Sep 27, 2015

Odd, I've abused the hell out of some deadblow hammers, never had a problem with shot falling out, other than a cheap China POS that busted open after a few whacks.

organ · Sep 27, 2015

firworks said:
They're much whiter. They've been engineered to a new standard of whiteness.

Can't argue with that...

kunkernator · Sep 27, 2015

I am surprised Strouty isnt here yet....

hammersmadeinusa · Sep 28, 2015

Appreciate the comments and the feedback on the white hammers and the "Buddy Blasters." The intent of this post was to let people know how we ended up manufacturing white-colored hammers.

The head of the Buddy Blaster line is different than the head of a standard dead blow hammer. The wall thickness of the two smaller Buddy Blasters is 0.200” and the wall thickness of the Buddy Blaster sledge is 0.250”. The wall thickness on standard hammers is 0.083”. The caps on the Buddy Blasters are similarly robust. The heads of all three Buddy Blaster models are machined in our Mazak, the same machine we use to turn up our ball peen heads. We are machining a bevel on the head of the Buddy Blasters so that we can weld the head and the cap together. On standard models, the head and cap are crimped. Once the hammer is poured, the welded head has proven to be bomber, to drag out an expression from a former pursuit.

The first three photos are of a Buddy Blaster head: head, head with cap, and head and cap welded together. The next three photos are of a standard dead blow head.

I hope this answers some questions you might have about the Buddy Blasters.

Strouty · Sep 28, 2015

So you tell us about them and the say we can't buy them? That isn't fair, how about a GJ special buy? We are not the general public. Besides I all ready own all of your blue hammers and a couple red ones, I would like to have a few white ones if they were different from all the others.

balane · Sep 28, 2015

Was this video taken at Trusty Cook? It's interesting.

Skin · Sep 28, 2015

Strouty said:
So you tell us about them and the say we can't buy them? That isn't fair, how about a GJ special buy? We are not the general public. Besides I all ready own all of your blue hammers and a couple red ones, I would like to have a few white ones if they were different from all the others.

Bottom of first post

But keep your eyes open for an upcoming promo...we love to get our products in the hands of our loyal customers.

In other words, prepare for limited run availability.

hammersmadeinusa · Sep 28, 2015

Appreciate the comments and the feedback on the white hammers and the "Buddy Blasters." The intent of this post was to let people know how we ended up manufacturing white-colored hammers.

The head of the Buddy Blaster line is different than the head of a standard dead blow hammer. The wall thickness of the two smaller Buddy Blasters is 0.200” and the wall thickness of the Buddy Blaster sledge is 0.250”. The wall thickness on standard hammers is 0.083”. The caps on the Buddy Blasters are similarly robust. The heads of all three Buddy Blaster models are machined in our Mazak, the same machine we use to turn up our ball peen heads. We are machining a bevel on the head of the Buddy Blasters so that we can weld the head and the cap together. On standard models, the head and cap are crimped. Once the hammer is poured, the welded head has proven to be bomber, to drag out an expression from a former pursuit.
The first three photos are of the head of a Buddy Blaster: head, head and cap, and head and cap welded. The other three photos are of a standard head and cap. Again, thanks for your interest in and support of our products.

neonlazer · Sep 28, 2015

balane said:
Was this video taken at Trusty Cook? It's interesting.

I give a 99% chance, that is their factory. :lol_hitti

hammersmadeinusa · Sep 28, 2015

This is not our factory. Our ball peens have a thread-less design.

Skin · Sep 28, 2015

neonlazer said:
I give a 99% chance, that is their factory.

That's actually a Stanley factory.

SCscoutguy · Sep 28, 2015

Buckgnarly said:
Never heard "Buddy Blaster" used during my time in the military for what its worth.... now if Trusty named the blue hammers Blue Falcons, we could have a problem!

I was thinking the exact same thing. Maybe they can make a green one and name it the "Green Weenie".

superautobacs · Sep 28, 2015

Skin said:
That's actually a Stanley factory.

Watching that video, I kept thinking there was too much resemblance.

The naked hammer looks just like my Stanley Compo Cast after its clothing disintegrated.

Dennis Leigh Henry · Sep 28, 2015

HammersmadeinUSA.. Thanks for the posts and details behind the Blasters.. Now what's the bomber all about? Its got to be a hammer term we've not heard ? or ??

Keep em coming...

organ · Sep 28, 2015

SCscoutguy said:
I was thinking the exact same thing. Maybe they can make a green one and name it the "Green Weenie".

Thor's got Mjolnir... Hulk's got a... Green Weenie???

markbugno · Sep 28, 2015

Probably requested by Siemens Westinghouse. They employ enough idiots to warrant this. I've worked on numerous turbines and never had to abuse a dead blow to the point of it bursting. If you do, you're not doing a very good job of fitting / assembling / rigging the parts. You should call it a dummy hammer.

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hammersmadeinusa · Sep 29, 2015

"Bomber" is a term used by climbers. It is short for bombproof. Somebody might ask, "How's the protection on this climb"? Answer: "It's bomber." (Secure enough to withstand a bomb going off.) In other words, if you take a winger, you won't have to worry about cratering.

hammersmadeinusa · Sep 29, 2015

Stanley purchased the company that was Trusty-Cook back in the early 1980s.

Strouty · Oct 5, 2015

Well last week I got a call from the guys at trusty cook and they wanted to send me a gift, I was expecting some stickers or a hat, instead I ended up with the holy grail of all hammers! I got a white buddy blaster 52!!!!!!! I can't thank them enough, it looks great and feels great and I know when I buy a jet I won't have to ever worry about the shot getting in my engines! Thanks again guys and your hammers rock! (if you make them in green, I will get rid of my snap on ones).

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