Re-baged into Crafstman

[MAD]

Yeah, it is pretty clear that many if not all Craftsman Hammers are made by Vaughn. I have the following Craftsman hammers that have this Vaughn patent on them.

I would bet the Craftsman dead blow hammers are made by Nupla. They sell both of them at Sears and looking at them side by side they are almost identical.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_...Hammers&psid=FROOGLE01&sid=IDx20070921x00003a
http://www.nuplacorp.com/products/striking-tools/nupla-power-drives/default.html

The Craftsman dead blow hammers are definitely Nupla.

The Craftsman body hammers are made by Martin.

 

[ratchet_gear]

Russell - Gearwrench and KD overlap a lot these days. Who knows, eventually all KD tools will be labeled Gearwrench.

3 at 8 - would you be willing to update the 1st post every now and then with updates?

That's because KD Tools is the inventor of Gearwrench.

 

[Joe B.]

The Craftsman dead blow hammers are definitely Nupla.

The Craftsman body hammers are made by Martin.

Yeah, I knew that. For some reason I forgot about them. Craftsman has so many tools that I forget about some of them!

 

[Vinko]

You are the man!!

I've been contemplating getting those hammers, and I think I'll get one to try out. Thanks for the info.

I just got this hammer 3 weeks ago. It's really nice. I still prefer my old Stanley, but only because of habit.

I've driven 4 inch nails into doug fir, and 2-1/2 inch into pine and it's been very easy to work with for extended periods of time.

I noticed too that the hickory handled ball-pein's look exactly like the Blue Point hammers. But you get to pay about $8-$10 less. And S-O doesn't warranty wood handles, I'm told.