graween
Established Member
Hi all,
I'm in the process of buying a new hammer. I already own some. One quite small for driving small nails and a heavier one, quite old, more of the mechanical/capenter type, which I use for various tasks, including those that the hammer was not designed for, in the house (we all need such sacrified tools
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So I wanted to get one for cabinet and carpentry, sort of an all arounder. From what I read, and saw, I narrowed my research on an 16 oz curved claw hammer. Wich seems to be fine for many kinds of jobs. Well, not framing, but for that you need something heavier.
After doing some investigations, I think an all steel hammer is a good choice, because probably nearly indesctrubile.
There are a lot of makers, Estwings, Picard, Vaughan, Stanley, ....
Picard and Estwing are really expensive, so got out of the scope.
Vaughan Steel Eagle seems fine (http://hammernet.com/vaughan/pages/prod ... leagle.php).
But then I look at the Stanley hammers. And then I got confused. Which is the reason of this thread.
Stanley has two hammers that are, not traditional, and branded as anti vibes. One as a regular head (shown here with rip, as I don't find the curved claw) : http://www.stanleytools.co.uk/product/147436 and and new one : http://www.stanleytools.co.uk/product/147435.
I'm intrigued by the latest. Because they say the striking surface of the head is wider than regular hammer's one.
My question is, is that feature an enhancement, is it more useful ? For rought carpentry, and small framing jobs I can understand that it is. But to work on cabinet making jobs, and hit nails work in corners or tigh places, wouldn't it be a drawback ?
Any suggestion or thoughts or comments ? Maybe some of you have one and could give us some feedback.
Thank you.
Regards.
I'm in the process of buying a new hammer. I already own some. One quite small for driving small nails and a heavier one, quite old, more of the mechanical/capenter type, which I use for various tasks, including those that the hammer was not designed for, in the house (we all need such sacrified tools
)So I wanted to get one for cabinet and carpentry, sort of an all arounder. From what I read, and saw, I narrowed my research on an 16 oz curved claw hammer. Wich seems to be fine for many kinds of jobs. Well, not framing, but for that you need something heavier.
After doing some investigations, I think an all steel hammer is a good choice, because probably nearly indesctrubile.
There are a lot of makers, Estwings, Picard, Vaughan, Stanley, ....
Picard and Estwing are really expensive, so got out of the scope.
Vaughan Steel Eagle seems fine (http://hammernet.com/vaughan/pages/prod ... leagle.php).
But then I look at the Stanley hammers. And then I got confused. Which is the reason of this thread.
Stanley has two hammers that are, not traditional, and branded as anti vibes. One as a regular head (shown here with rip, as I don't find the curved claw) : http://www.stanleytools.co.uk/product/147436 and and new one : http://www.stanleytools.co.uk/product/147435.
I'm intrigued by the latest. Because they say the striking surface of the head is wider than regular hammer's one.
My question is, is that feature an enhancement, is it more useful ? For rought carpentry, and small framing jobs I can understand that it is. But to work on cabinet making jobs, and hit nails work in corners or tigh places, wouldn't it be a drawback ?
Any suggestion or thoughts or comments ? Maybe some of you have one and could give us some feedback.
Thank you.
Regards.
