opinions on Estwing hammers

[fourjeepin]

Terrible hammers. Look at how many I had to buy!

 

[aaron h]

Currently swinging my grandfathers Estwing hammer. Love it

 

[grapeape934]

I must be the only one to prefer something besides Estwing. When I was in the service we had Estwing and Vaughan hammers both were all steel with the rubber handle. When we got in each day we would each grab a hammer out of the box and go to work. I found I liked the way the Vaughan felt at the end of the day it just seemed to be a better hammer over the day of swinging them. I decided to pay attention to how each of them felt and worked through about 5-6 Vaughan hammers and 6-7 Estwings. Now I may have ended up with the same hammer in each brand but tried to mix it up and found less forearm strain at the end of the day when using the Vaughans. I have owned nothing since. Construction being almost identical i can't say why the Vaughan feels better but to me Vaughan will always be the hammer I reach for over Estwing. Vaughan is also built in the USA.

 

[Farmall450]

The 28oz milled face Estwing probably hangs on the belts of more framers in North America than all of the other hammers combined. They are first quality product which extends to all of their other speciality hammers as well.

28 oz? I was looking at 26, guess it's worth the $25-30 since it'll last forever!