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Fiskars hammers vs Estwing
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neophyte
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As I slowly replace my stolen home toolkit, I was wondering about Fiskars hammers. I owned Estwing and been happy with them but am curious how the Fiskars stack up?
Estwing hammers are sold thru out the workd by high end tool retailers, as well as contractors suppliers.
From what I understand, Estwings are one of the standard hammers used by professional carpenters in the UK, and possibly Australia, **** Fine Tools in Germany sells them, and German hammer manufacturer Picard, just started making some hammers using the same forged one piece design, presumably do to demand or competition.
I like Fiskars, but the hammers are a somewhat new design, and I think I’ve seen a few complaints on Amazon about breakage. If you just want to purchase one hammer for your kit, you’d be better off with the Estwing.
redwrench60
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Hard to imagine life without an Estwing 16oz. finish hammer and an Estwing 28oz. rip claw waffle face framer. I even have a 20oz. Estwing rip claw smooth face with the stacked leather handle for when I’m feeling nostalgic.
Just stick with Estwing. Made in US hammers at a damn good price. It's crazy to see imported DeWalt and Milwaukee hammers that cost twice as much now
I struggle with Milwaukee because they do make hood tools a lot of the time. Their 6-in-1 wire stripper is the nicest wire stripper I have ever used (Klein is super overrated IMO) but they do charge a premium. I've committed to their 12v system and Packout (which is insanely overpriced) but all the stuff has been top notch.
I have no idea what the deal with their hammers are. So expensive but how much better could they be?
fordgasm
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Id stick with Estwing.
mike93lx
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What are you doing with it?
Hanging pictures? Doesn't matter.
Hanging trim, framing, demo, building a deck... All use different types
Hanging pictures? Doesn't matter.
Hanging trim, framing, demo, building a deck... All use different types
dar24601
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I have no experience with the Fiskars hammers, but love their sewing scissors and bypass lopper. I see the fiskars 16oz hammer is $38 too pricey for an unknown tool especially since you can get the estwing ultra series hammer for $30
davethorik
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Hard to imagine life without an Estwing 16oz. finish hammer and an Estwing 28oz. rip claw waffle face framer. I even have a 20oz. Estwing rip claw smooth face with the stacked leather handle for when I’m feeling nostalgic.
That's funny, the E20S (20oz rip claw smooth face leather handle) is my go-to hammer for just about everything except framing, for which I use my E3-28SM (28oz rip claw milled face rubber handle).
I have learned not to use a leather handle Estwing to nail in new windows, as it has a metal baseplate under the leather washers. dont ask me how I know.
I have 5 of their hammers, 2 of their prybars. All good stuff. If you're in the market for pry bars, give them a look. I have a 3' gooseneck demo bar, made of 1" round stock, made in USA. when I bought it, it was cheaper from HD online than the 3' Stanley hecho in Mexico.
redwrench60
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That's funny, the E20S (20oz rip claw smooth face leather handle) is my go-to hammer for just about everything except framing, for which I use my E3-28SM (28oz rip claw milled face rubber handle).
I have learned not to use a leather handle Estwing to nail in new windows, as it has a metal baseplate under the leather washers. dont ask me how I know.
I have 5 of their hammers, 2 of their prybars. All good stuff. If you're in the market for pry bars, give them a look. I have a 3' gooseneck demo bar, made of 1" round stock, made in USA. when I bought it, it was cheaper from HD online than the 3' Stanley hecho in Mexico.
We have identical taste in hammers! I'm with you on the E20S. Great all purpose hammer. Super comfortable, tough and great looking too. Depending on what I'm doing I sometimes like the regular rubber blue handle because I can use the handle end as a rubber deadblow to bump and nudge things without leaving a mark.
dutchgray
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Estwing hammers are sold thru out the workd by high end tool retailers, as well as contractors suppliers.
From what I understand, Estwings are one of the standard hammers used by professional carpenters in the UK, and possibly Australia, **** Fine Tools in Germany sells them, and German hammer manufacturer Picard, just started making some hammers using the same forged one piece design, presumably do to demand or competition.
I like Fiskars, but the hammers are a somewhat new design, and I think I’ve seen a few complaints on Amazon about breakage. If you just want to purchase one hammer for your kit, you’d be better off with the Estwing.
We do tend to have an awful lot of Estwing E3-20C hammers here in the UK, as well as a lot of others.
American style long framing hammers have only become available in the last 10 years or so, but you will still not see them in builders merchants or the big boxes.
The Estwing weight forward hammers had a following with carpenters as well, NOS ones can sell for £100 or so now, it was the only curved handle available at the time.
I would go with the tried and true Estwing myself, even though I do use a titanium framing hammer myself as well as Estwings.
flushcut
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Estwing .
Firefighter1406
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Estwing rip claw smooth face with the stacked leather handle for when I’m feeling nostalgic.
I almost thought of buying one of these the other day. Feel nice in your hand. I have a 20oz smooth face for my trim box in my Packout. Then a 20oz smooth face curve claw in my framers pouch. That I use for pulling nails or siding. I run craftsman framing hammers for years but that’s about to come to an end with the demise of Sears. When framing full time it was always nice to go get a new hammer when something happened.
Of the two listed I vote Eswing.
redwrench60
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I almost thought of buying one of these the other day. Feel nice in your hand. I have a 20oz smooth face for my trim box in my Packout. Then a 20oz smooth face curve claw in my framers pouch. That I use for pulling nails or siding. I run craftsman framing hammers for years but that’s about to come to an end with the demise of Sears. When framing full time it was always nice to go get a new hammer when something happened.
Of the two listed I vote Eswing.
Listen to the voice of the little red devil on your shoulder. Buy it!
Bretny
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I have never used fiskars or estwing hammers i have used there axes though. The estwing camp axe is complete garbage. Dosnt chop or split well at all. Fiskars axes work very well. They chop and split extremely well. Just by looking at the profile of the estwing camp axe you can tell it dosnt do anything well. Also all the weight of the estwing axe is in the handle, totaly useless to do any work.
snickers muncher
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I've never used a Fiskars hammer or ax. I do have a pair of Fiskars needle nose pliers. I definitely wouldn't call them good.
My Estwing hammer is ugly, stained, and battered, but still going strong 15 or so years later. That's where my money would go. If I didn't go Estwing I'd go Vaughan. Both are good.
My Estwing hammer is ugly, stained, and battered, but still going strong 15 or so years later. That's where my money would go. If I didn't go Estwing I'd go Vaughan. Both are good.
seber
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My father was a remodeling contractor. After he went mostly deaf we did some controlled testing on decibel levels. It turns out the Vaughn he preferred was the loudest hammer but Estwing was very close. Fiberglass and wood handles were considerably less noisy. I've always preferred Plumb but of course they are no longer available. In any case, you might want to consider your ears when you choose a hammer.