Hammer time!

[d.mcfarland]

No additional markings other than what's pictured.

 

[four.cycle]

quite an assortment in this thread!

my meager collection:
hammers by four.cycle, on Flickr

L to R: Stanley, Plumb, Indestro, unknown (marked "4L126" on head), wooden mallets by Dave.

 

[Ron Swanson]

Here are a couple of my favorite hammers for doing fab work.
Both are blacksmith forged.
I assume P. Lauer is the smith who made it since I dont know how anyone could stamp id marks that deep after it was hardened. 4lbs
The other is unmarked and weighs 2.75 lbs

 

[Fretters]

Good find Fretters, even though it's not a hammer.

Glad someone knew what it was. It'd been bugging me trying to figure out why a hammer might have a threaded section like that.

 

[Rileysan]

It's taken me a couple months to find this thread but it was worth the wait. I love hammers and have quite a collection of them but haven't really organized or identified many of them. My list of things to do is growing ...

Here's a few pictures I have taken ...

Picture 1: Hammer drawer in my tool box
Picture 2: Hammers I purchased this past week
picture 3: VLCHECK bp
Picture 4: Plumb roofing hatchet
Picture 5: Craftsman claw hammer
Picture 6 Dynamic claw hammer
Picture 7: Plumb claw hammer


Brian

 

[Brians VWss]

I always wanted a short sledge
I had a 8 lb head and used a bat for the handle. Works great

 

[2oolhound]

^^^^ Don't call him Brian WUss

I hope you're not going to use than on a VW.

 

[don long]

Here is my contribution to this thread

 

[bushmechanic]

Don't have a picture of my own, but I roll with Douglas Tool:

 

[Outlawmws]

Wow Don, almost complete on that SO set!

BushM. is Douglass a down under company? I've never seen one of those. Looks well built, and I like the side puller and the nail starter

 

[Brians VWss]

^^^^ Don't call him Brian WUss

I hope you're not going to use than on a VW.

One too many (s) on the name oops.
It works good where you have a short swing and need a lot of umph

 

[afazz]

Here is my contribution to this thread

That is awesome! I didn't know they made Autobody tool boards. Do you know what era/year it's from?

I have the complete Snap-on body hammer collection plus a few Blue Points.

 

[Hammer1963]

That is awesome! I didn't know they made Autobody tool boards. Do you know what era/year it's from?

I have the complete Snap-on body hammer collection plus a few Blue Points.

You're a sick man afazz, but what a wonderful disease to suffer from!

Your collection is looking good ......

 

[Hammer1963]

Here is my contribution to this thread

I love the tool board! I am a jealous man

 

[bushmechanic]

Wow Don, almost complete on that SO set!

BushM. is Douglass a down under company? I've never seen one of those. Looks well built, and I like the side puller and the nail starter

I'm from the US. My screen name refers to my travels and my somewhat limited "keep it running" mechanical ability. Wild lands are generally referred to as "bush" pretty much everywhere else.

A "bush mechanic" may be likened to someone you wouldn't take your car to at home, but someone you'd really like to have on hand in the middle of nowhere.

As for the hammers, as far as I am aware Douglas Tool is a US manufacturer.

What he's done is essentially replicate a war-hammer. It's a design proven over centuries of incredibly harsh use. He's dialed back the handle length just a bit, but the proportions and construction concepts are very, very similar.

That's why the darned things work so well. It doesn't matter what you strike, your arm is comfortable. The original design was intended to crack open plate armor, so it doesn't cause much fatigue on nails.

The handle shape is perfect, as well. It indexes amazingly, and face alignment is natural the second you pick it up. There can really be no improvement in this regard.

The claws are very nicely machined; a sore point on nearly every other hammer on the market, and that high-leverage side-biter up top goes a long way to making an "off day" more palatable.

Fit and finish are absolutely gorgeous, and the polish where it's been applied is beautiful. The steel was chosen well, and the handles are very easily replaceable if something were to happen to one.

An added feature is increased safety. Given the ancient construction method, one can be sure that the head will never fly off the handle.

Many sizes are offered, each with the same construction and appropriate balance for intended use. Get your paws on one of these, and suddenly everything else feels like a serious compromise.

I didn't choose this manufacturer lightly when I decided to make my next hammer purchase, and I've been happy ever since.

 

[Outlawmws]

I'm from the US. My screen name refers to my travels and my somewhat limited "keep it running" mechanical ability. Wild lands are generally referred to as "bush" pretty much everywhere else.

A "bush mechanic" may be likened to someone you wouldn't take your car to at home, but someone you'd really like to have on hand in the middle of nowhere.

As for the hammers, as far as I am aware Douglas Tool is a US manufacturer.SNIP

I know exactly what you mean about being "Bush Mechanic". I can't count all the times I got myself, or someone else out of a jam far from home...

Just over a year ago A buddy threw a front brake pad out of his right front caliper, and the spindle threads were galled when we took the wheel off (because the jam nuts had not been properly locked; which caused the slop that allowed the pad to go flying...) Who else carries a thread file in their road box...

Glad to hear Douglas is a US Co.! that's cool!

 

[3baygarage]

Wards Master Quality Hammers

for hittin' some small things

 

[bushmechanic]

I know exactly what you mean about being "Bush Mechanic". I can't count all the times I got myself, or someone else out of a jam far from home...

Just over a year ago A buddy threw a front brake pad out of his right front caliper, and the spindle threads were galled when we took the wheel off (because the jam nuts had not been properly locked; which caused the slop that allowed the pad to go flying...) Who else carries a thread file in their road box...

Glad to hear Douglas is a US Co.! that's cool!

Nice.

That's a quality bush repair. Certainly better than my hammering.

I recall once whittling a carburetor linkage out of wood. Even used paper clips to make it snap in place. I think the craziest things I've done, though, were ******* in a radiator, clamping off a brake line headed to a broken caliper with vice grips, and repairing a vacuum bulb with a condom (in a place where I really, really didn't expect anyone to have a condom).

Like I said... I'm no line mechanic.

 

[ZRX61]

Those blue spoons at the bottom look like Porter Fergusons. I have the one on the right.

Here is my contribution to this thread

 

[bulletpruf]

Nice.

That's a quality bush repair. Certainly better than my hammering.

I recall once whittling a carburetor linkage out of wood. Even used paper clips to make it snap in place. I think the craziest things I've done, though, were ******* in a radiator, clamping off a brake line headed to a broken caliper with vice grips, and repairing a vacuum bulb with a condom (in a place where I really, really didn't expect anyone to have a condom).

Like I said... I'm no line mechanic.

Do boat repairs count? While headed down the Mississippi from New Orleans to the Gulf, lost steering because of loose fittings in the bridge leaked all my power steering fluid out. That wasn't the end of the world because the 45' Hatteras had twin diesels, and you could steer with the 8-71's - giving more power to one screw or the other. And then one of the transmission hard lines going to the bridge pressure gauge sprung a leak -- punctured by a nail but didn't leak until a few hours into the trip.

So then we only had one screw, no steering. Drifting in the Mississippi.

Tried to patch the hole, but no luck. So I unbolted the line at the transmission and found an appropriate sized screw to plug it. It held, but it was a white knuckle ride, dodging barges, cruise ships, etc, as it was getting dark, hoping that it wouldn't work it's way free.

Oh, yeah. My modest hammer collection is below. Have almost a full set of the Snappy dead blow ball peen's (missing the 8 oz one). Love the Thor copper/rawhide hammers. Those are Estwing claw/framing/rip hammers and a few junk ones that I need to ditch. The blue handled ball peen's are also Estwing. Along with a HF plastic dead blow and a Craftsman plastic dead blow.

 

[Jarhead0408]

Don't have a picture of my own, but I roll with Douglas Tool:

Thanks a lot....Going to be spending MORE cash now!


Quick question though, are they still made here in the States or have they shifted to china?

 

[zkling]

Here is my contribution to this thread

What are those pink and green hooks for? I picked up a set a year or so ago and they come in handy all the time for springs. Didn't know they were a body tool. They seem way to lite for PDR tools.

 

[ZRX61]

What are those pink and green hooks for? I picked up a set a year or so ago and they come in handy all the time for springs. Didn't know they were a body tool. They seem way to lite for PDR tools.

Bondo boogers, keep your nose hair trimmed

 

[don long]

That is awesome! I didn't know they made Autobody tool boards. Do you know what era/year it's from?

Thanks afazz
I do enjoy my tool boards I was at the Indy 500 when I walked into the Snapon tent and saw the tool boards I had to have them (all 9 set)
It was 1996

Wow Don, almost complete on that SO set!

Thanks Outlawmws

So what hammers are missing? I probably have them in my tool box

Those blue spoons at the bottom look like Porter Fergusons. I have the one on the right.

ZRX61

You are correct and I have beat them to death. lol

What are those pink and green hooks for? I picked up a set a year or so ago and they come in handy all the time for springs. Didn't know they were a body tool. They seem way to lite for PDR tools.

In the old days before the spot nail guns and the like ,we would drill small holes in the center of a dent and stick one of those hooks into the hole and gently pull the dent out 90% then fill the hole and remainder of the dent with bondo

Thanks for all the complements

Don

Here is a shot of my tool boards in there cabinets

 

[Outlawmws]

Don, I don't think you are missing any hammers at all but one puller an some "knitting needle" something (lower left) look to not be on the board?

 

[Rileysan]

Adding pix of a few more finds from the past week.

Heller 20 oz framing hammer
Plumb 24 oz BP hammer
Unmarked two-headed hammer.

Brian

 

[harleybuilder]

Adding pix of a few more finds from the past week.

Heller 20 oz framing hammer
Plumb 24 oz BP hammer
Unmarked two-headed hammer.

Brian

I really like the looks of that 2 headed one. ...

 

[2oolhound]

I really like the looks of that 2 headed one. ...

Thats for spreading things apart. You knock the bottom piece down with one end and you knock the top piece up with the other end on the up-swing.

 

[jipps]

... Love the Thor copper/rawhide hammers....

I'm also a big fan of the Thor copper & rawhide faced hammers, having finally ordered one (Sz 2) a couple of months back, after way too much procrastination.

One of those rare tools, where you instantly wonder what you did before it came along...

From the look of your picture I need to go and buy some more sizes asap!

 

[bulletpruf]

I'm also a big fan of the Thor copper & rawhide faced hammers, having finally ordered one (Sz 2) a couple of months back, after way too much procrastination.

One of those rare tools, where you instantly wonder what you did before it came along...

From the look of your picture I need to go and buy some more sizes asap!

Yeah, they are quite handy. I also have the big one - sledgehammer - size 5 with the 36" handle.

Scott

 

[don long]

I just bought a brass sledge hammer today along with a bunch of other brass tools and I saw a brass hammer collection (about 10 different full sized hammers)

 

[martin666]

Nothing real old or exotic but they bang what I need to bang and get the job done

 

[Rileysan]

I just bought a brass sledge hammer today along with a bunch of other brass tools and I saw a brass hammer collection (about 10 different full sized hammers)

I LOVE the brass sledge! I've seen plenty of brass hammers but never a proper sledge. Thanks for sharing!

Brian

 

[mbsinmich]

Here is one, of two, (one for me, one for my bro crsinmich),antique reproductions of a shipwrights caulking hammer, that I made. The handle is 12" long, and turned offset. The head is 6" long with a 3" bulbous middle and 2" ends. It has turned brass ferrules and leather pads on the hammer faces. The finish is flamed and then BLO'd.

 

[PWRstroke_smoke]

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Love this set! Very nice

 

[drivesitfar]

ALL: i just saw an interesting hammer listed on Craigslist and thought i'd share. it looks like MBS has posted and owns a nicer one, but i'm still going to post for comments because i hadn't seen even one yet in person.

Don: nice board and almost full or do you have that hammer or two on your bench?

 

[mbsinmich]

ALL: i just saw an interesting hammer listed on Craigslist and thought i'd share. it looks like MBS has posted and owns a nicer one, but i'm still going to post for comments because i hadn't seen even one yet in person.

Don: nice board and almost full or do you have that hammer or two on your bench?

That hammer is like the one I copied, to make mine. It was on Ebay, and I did see some in the same manor on Etsy.

 

[drivesitfar]

MBS: i like it and don't really need it, but is $40 too much money to pay for the one i posted? EDIT: the hammer is 12 inches long and 5.5 inch head.

you made yours? amazing looking hammer

 

[mbsinmich]

MBS: i like it and don't really need it, but is $40 too much money to pay for the one i posted? EDIT: the hammer is 12 inches long and 5.5 inch head.

you made yours? amazing looking hammer

I did make it! In fact I made two of 'em. One for me, and one for my brother, and no, neither of us "need" a hammer like that! LOL! My hammer is 12" X 6" as well, they probably cost about that much to make, if you count my time. So if its in decent shape, your hammer is probably a good price.

 

[CRSINMICH]

Drives: It's true. MBS did make two of them. He gave me one as an early Christmas present and I gave him my latest Versa Vise. By the way, ask him about the purpleheart mallets he made.