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I have spent alot of time sorting through the Tools from the old world thread. I was on a German body hammer kick not too long ago; Monte posted his fathers old Gedore Set and Ive seen a few others floating around the board. Infatuation is a fine word for this instance.Those German (few other COO aswell) made metal working hammers and dollies seem really nice!

Brands that Ive seen with nice hammers- Picard, Elora, stahwille, Sykes Pickavant, Gedore, Fretz,...Please add to this list! If I cant own them I'd like to see them atleast...

This site is nutty...

http://www.egesaraciye.com/pages/bender/cartls.html

What Do you have? What have you heard?
 
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superautobacs said:
I don't see MOB/Peddinghaus listed there. :)

Peddinghaus

MOB Head down to around page 7
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Wow, yea thats what i'm talking about! I how prevalant the long slender spoon dollies are in thease sets! I haven't had much luck finding anything of that sort in the states for anything short of a fortune as it was old and "rare"

I like Peddinghaus's take on that Proto 1427 style body hammer.
 
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Bump...Can anyone give me some insight as to the quality of thease tools? I'd like to add a few to my collection. How do they stack up against Snap-on or martin in terms of balance, design and finnish?

Pictures?
 
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No experience with these Tools. It looks as if they have taken successful designs and copied them quite nicely. If the material quality is there, they may be worth trying. I do have to say that the few Turkish made items I have across in the Auto repair business, have been of good quality. I've found a few BMW and Ford parts that had "made in Turkey" labels on them. I have a great idea, you be the first and we will follow your lead.
 
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I know, those turkish made hammers look great! Rekon they are machined, very interesting. I might just bite the bullet on the peddinghaus or the elora 1427 looking job, but Not for a little bit. I'll have to muster some strength before dropping 100$ on a single hammer of unknown quality. I'm a poor intern at the moment.
 
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Woah.......Now that price is a bit extreme. I didn't see the price list. I can't see them being worth that. Maybe, but I doubt it. Hell, I'll make one to your specs for that cost. I have 10's of old forged hammer heads just wating to be turned into new custom Body hammers. I've made them for my own use and a few others. I can you some pics if you'd like.

Send me a message and include a description and specs on what you're looking for and I will see what I have. Yea I know the saying on the GJ, " no pictures, then it didn't happen " I'm just not a guy who thinks about before, during and after photos while I'm working. Just the way I roll.
 
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Does anyone have an US source to purchase Picard, Sykes Pickavant, and Peddinghaus?

I've used the Sykes and Peddinghaus hammers before and they are of very nice quality, Skyes has a Snap-on feel to them.
 
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Those picard blockers look nice and are so much cheaper than Fournier Enterprises offerings.
 
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I prefer Thor:

thor-rubber.jpg


thor-rawhide.jpg


thor-copper-1a.jpg
 
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Monte, you are the official archives of the Old World.

Congrats.

PS: just ordered an Ultratec, Picard and Thor hammers, will try to put some pics on GJ today
 
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