Anyone have an opinion on this hammer? I mean the 24-ounce version.
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Jim Blodgett swings one of those things, maybe he will chime in. Looks funny to me but like anything else you probably get used to it after awhile.View Image
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Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Straight out of a Ren & Stimpy cartoon.
; )
Quittin' Time
Ooh ooh ooh !!!
I have always joked with Jim about that hammer looking like the hammers in Ren and Stimpy cartoons. (It really does.) But I just now actualy read the blurb about the hammer...
is unlike any other. Its innovative design has been engineered to hammer faster, easier, and with greater precision. In fact, virtually every feature is a breakthrough in performance and capability
Their entire approach in this area, makes it sound like they invented this hammer. Kinda like they threw out all the molds and started anew, completely reinventing the hammer from scratch.
In fact, I believe that it is a very old japanese hammer design. I think that Jim's is japanese. (Could be wrong, but that's what I think he said.)
The energy travels from the face to the neck to the high brow, and finally to the tip of the claw where it releases into the air.
Don't tell me, let me guess. These people hire Bush's economics and foreign affairs speech writers to write their advertising, right ? Talk about woo-woo science !! The hammer head is attached to the hammer handle. Where do you really think the majority of that shock ends up ? Hint: It AIN'T into the air at the end of the claws. LOL
It is a good design. And I can believe that there is less shock from this hammer than conventional ones. But making up that wacky explanation of the shock just going into the air, just makes one wonder what other lies they are telling.
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Conventional hammer necks measure about one inch, severely limiting capability. The High Brow Claw Hammer features a neck design 2.35 inches long
Look at that picture. Now you tell me that if the neck on the conventional hammer is an inch long... the neck on that duck hammer is 1.35 inches longer than the neck on the other hammer.
The hammer is a good hammer. Obviously so, or Jim wouldn't be so attached to his. But this kind of d*ck-pulling in the advertising doesn't do any good whatever for the sales of the product. Especialy to people who use them all the time.
Quittin' Time
Yeah Luka, I release energy into the air all the time but it isnt from the tip of my hammer.
Come to think of it, when we were building those sheds of yours, Jim was releasing
ALOT of energy.
HeheheheeBob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
ROFLMFAO !!!
**My cats will never forgive you the heart attacks they suffered from the sudden explosion of laughter from my part of the "den". hehehe**
Quittin' Time
BTW: I am curious why the word duck was censored, in the last sentence of my earlier response.
; )
Quittin' Time
Duck pulling, eh? You think that would work as a pickup line?
Hey, good looking, how long has it been since you had your hands on a nice duck?
hehehe
I WAS going to respond to this with another suggested pickup line. Like maybe, "Hey baby, wanna play hide the duck" ?
But then I decided not to, because I don't want to hijack Micro's hammer thread.
; )
Quittin' Time
Say, that duck looks real good on you. I wonder how it would look rumpled up on the floor next to my bed.
I'm pretty shameless about hijacking. If he doesn't want his duck hijacked - I mean, his thread hijacked - he needs to be here to defend it. :)
Edited 2/24/2003 2:20:15 AM ET by Uncle Dunc
Luka
I want a foil helmet like yours..you so rock...Funny azz post!
Be foiled
Namaste
andy"Attachment is the strongest block to realization"http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Mr Micro - I haven't tried a 24 oz., but I've been using a lighter one for a few years now. Mine has a fiberglass and rubber handle and says "Bakuma" on the grip, but the basic design is very similar. I love it. Great everyday hammer.
A buddy of mine showed up for work one day with one and I immediately started giving him a hard time about it. He just smiled and asked if I'd like to give it a try for a few hours. I couldn't believe it, more like a wand than a hammer. Went to the lumberyard to buy my own at lunch time. Now I pick up another hammer and it feels like a rock lashed to a forked stick.
They're nothing new. Several years ago the cover photo of FHB was Don Dunkly (I think it was him) framing a coffered ceiling, and he had a wooden handled one in his mitt.
You gonna get one for your collection?
As ugly as that thing is I probably will add one to my collection, because it is indeed unique.Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
hi I have used the duck great hammer only problem is that I broke my handle and can not find a replacement. have used $100 dollar hammers and this one was the best feal.
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