RR Buildings Framing Hammer Hall of Fame
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- Опубликовано: 17 фев 2020
- Maybe my hammers aren't cool enough to really make it into the real framing hammer hall of fame, but Definitely the RR Buildings Framing Hammer Hall of Fame!! A framing hammer is like any tool, they are there to help us complete a job. Each one of my hammers helped me at some point in my life, and I think it is always important to reflect on where we have been so that we may have a better understanding of where we are going. They may just be simple framing hammers to most, but to me, they are my hammer hall of fame.
Share your favorite of all time, or maybe a hammer story down below in the comments. I'd love to ready it. Thanks for the support.
Hammer Hall of Fame Affiliate Links Below
Stiletto 14 OZ - bit.ly/Stiletto14
Martinez M1 - bit.ly/MartinezM1
Estwing 28 oz - bit.ly/Estwing28
Stiletto T-bone 3 (newest Model..I own 2) - bit.ly/TiBone3
Dalluge 14oz - bit.ly/Dalluge14
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Started as a framer 13 years ago with a 22 oz estwing and swung that for 5-6 years and then I saw my first stiletto. The guy was another journeyman and I asked him about it he laughed and said he had a spare in his tool box and I could use it if I liked it he would sell it to me a week went by and he asked me what I thought I handed him a 100 dollar bill and he said no and gave me back 50 that same guy is dead an gone and that hammer rides around in my tool box everyday going from job to job I now own my own company and swing a Martinez m1 but always look back at that story
What a great story!!!! If you are a good worker out here, the old he coons (like me), will see your character and pay it forward.
Now son, you are becoming what I call "the sheriff." Find a young man worthy of that hammer, tell him that story. If he is who you hope he is, he will tear up. Consider handing that hammer to him. WITH WARNINGS like "If I see you using it for demo, you must give it back." Maybe one day, he will become the sheriff, too.
Sell it to a youngin for cheap like he did. That’ll make him
@@itsslim5510 That's a hammer you keep forever.
@@jnblawnandlandscapellc agreed, that hammers too special to pass on
@@cookdislander4372 He can pass on a sweet Harbor Freight hammer instead.
For me, the ideas in ruclips.net/user/postUgkxAfqpMLyFn37qcqUl0FAzqkkycQeXqrhP Plans were a starting point for building different sheds . Ryan gives ideas that allow an individual to draw nicest conclusions into the design and building of his or her own shed.
My Dad was a master joiner, he used a timber handled 18 oz “ Cheney” hammer for over 60 years, and a timber handled 24oz “Keesteel” for the occasional framing jobs. When I bought my Stiletto t15, he thought it was strange and felt weird, after using it for a few hours, he was smitten.
I placed his two hammers and his well worn 1&1/4” E.Berg chisel on top of his coffin when we laid him to rest 3 years ago. Those hammers, like him, earned a rest.
That Berg chisel…masterpiece. Well done
Beautiful.
Nice story
Love the story man condolences to a real one
Swinging the est wing 28oz just like my dad did and does. I always loved working with my hands and house remodeling. I bought my dads small business when I graduated from high school. I’m now 20 years old with three employees and am staying consistently 3 months or so booked and no signs of slowing down. God has blessed me. I have a video idea Kyle of maybe sharing things you wish you would have known when you first started your business? Hiring employees, taking your business to the next level, taking your skill to the next level, how to manage the business yet still be at the job site working, opportunity costs, etc. just an idea but I love your videos and they challenge me to become a better contractor. Thanks
Have my Dads last estwing he partially wore the handle off. He was a carpenter almost 40 years and passed 6 years ago.
He was a small but very stocky powerful guy and always swung a 16 ounce hammer. I also have his original true temper with a composite handle. I was always amazed how fast he could swing those smaller hammers and he was always faster than any guys on the job that swung heavier hammers. I also have his old wooden levels and all the tools he left behind. I miss him terribly and using his tools gives me a strong sense of connection to him. I’m not in the trades but still do a lot of work as I grew up working for Dad. Great video.
This hit my heart Kyle. Super relatable for me. I remember graduating to the Estwing doing fences when I was 15, back in 98" it was top of the line tech. I remember guys telling me about the damage I was doing in 2000's and thought about the 14 oz woody. I'm back in carpentry now and was literally standing in lowes noticing the new millwakees. Anywho, thanks brother and God bless your family and endeavors
I've only been a carpenter for about 3 years and I love it, started off using a 24oz estwing in trade school and loved it, used it for any and every task that I had to do, but I recently decided to make the purchase and get a 14oz stiletto and to say it's a game changer is an understatement. such a big diffefence
You don't need to apologize for your opinion! Much appreciated explanations on why you use every tool that you use. Always good to see and hear your real world critiques, keep it up man!
I started out using a 22oz Estwing and had developed a wrist injury. I switched to 20 oz Hart wood handle until I found a Douglas hammer. Ten years later I stumbled across a Stiletto 16 oz titanium. I loved it so much I bought the Stiletto TB2 and never looked back.
I got a M1. I'm not in the industry anymore but it is the best on the market. I took me a few days to get used to it but i will never go back. Keep up the great content. No matter what people are gonna say something.
I also bought a house that needed a ton of work. I started with a hammer similar to your first hammer that my dad bought me as a kid. I was working with my dad on the renovation and he noticed that some times his stiletto hammer would end up in my tool belt after a day of working by myself. He got me my own for Christmas and I have used it since then. That's been close to 10 years now and it has been a great hammer.
Most self employed will have a similar stories. Mine wont be about a hammer spacificaly, but tools in general. going from tools bought at a budget bin at a pawn shop to paying $30 for a socket. Even my work has evolved. I had a late start in realizing what I enjoyed doing can be a career. I'm glad I found your page, the videos are informitive to a DIYer.
You made some extremely good points about a tool that we all use and don’t really take much notice of. It maybe just a hammer but as you say Kyle it’s an excellent tool that needs to feel good in the hand as well as looking after your body.
Just got a TBII from Stilletto as a birthday gift. After 25 years in the business I never thought I would enjoy using a hammer this much. I just purchased their 10oz finish hammer to complement the framing beast. It's truly worth the cost of you swing a hammer every day. I have been suffering from wrist pain and this has certainly helped my recovery.
Awesome story about your journey with hammers. I'm an Army Soldier and it makes me think of my combat boots and all the ones I purchased and the miles I walked and worked in them. The issue boots or lowest bidder boots always sucked. My favorites were Matterhorn Boots, the old jungle boots were good because you could wear them dry in about 4 hours. I.e. put them on wet and walk them dry. Leatherman multi tools also have many iterations from there inception.
This is great! I have a beat up 14 oz stiletto hanging under my contractor license in the office. Was not my first hammer, my wife bought it for my birthday many years ago. We were so broke at the time just starting a business, and I would sit there and think how cool it would be to own what I thought was an expensive hammer at the time. Many blessed years later I found it in the shop and said to myself this has to go up on the wall. A simple hammer can remind you of all the hard work you put in and how far you have come.
So true
yep, I realized i did over a million in work while standing on my 20' extension ladder. retired it to the shop wall.
Just getting started in remodeling. And went from a cheapo fiberglass handle framing hammer to the 14 ti dalluge. Huge improvement! Love it.
Don't know that I'll ever make it to a Martinez but they sure look amazing.
Awesome vid. 👍
My grandpa got me a 14oz titanium stiletto after I got him one. Not only my favorite hammer, it's my favorite tool hands down. Mine has a nice patina on the wood handle now. Love it.
I love the story of tools and the tales they tell. Watching this, I pulled out my old framer: 23 oz Vaughn wooden handle. The waffle is smooth, on the second handle, chipped claw: but it weathered the last thirty years better than I did.
I started with a cheap finish hammer, and took a side job building a log home; shattered the cheap hammer. I bought an Estwing and liked it too, but oh wow did it transfer the vibration and shock running 16” spikes all day!!!
I lost it on a shipyard job, along with my whole belt and kit. So I picked up the Vaughn. It’s served me well all these years, but it lives in the toolbox drawer now. Pneumatic replaced it years ago and I had to get out of the trades. I’m now 52 and permanently disabled. Started working full time at 12.
Now I’m just going through a box of tools I inherited from my grandfather and am restoring them. Those videos popped up your channel: enjoying it!! Good to see another human D9 Caterpillar getting it done. 💪👍
Hey Kyle, I am a follower of your channel, I do love your videos, they are very informative, I live in Quebec, Canada, I've been a carpenter for 17 years, you sure are right, hammers do take a toll on our bodies. My journey started with an Estwing wafflehead 22 oz., also had the 28 oz, through the year went down to a smooth face 20 oz., stuck to 20 oz for the better part of 10 years. I graduated to an Estwing Sure Strike, then a Vaughn 999 smooth face and my latest change is to my 14 oz Stiletto milled face wooden handle. Tomorrow I plan on hockey taping the grip because in 0° weather with cotton gloves, the grip just doesn't cut it. Keep up your great videos and tools day.
All the best
Eric Soumah
Great video. It reminds me of the stories of my Grandfather on my Dad's side. I have all of his tools, and I know there are stories behind all of them. Unfortunately, I never got to hear them because he died before my Dad graduated from High School. RUclips is great because they say nothing ever truly dies on the internet and your story will go on to inspire others for years to come. Keep up the good work.
Been swinging the tb2 for 6 months now. I love it wont change for along time
I know this is a late comment but I have had the M1 for 6 or 7 months now probably, excellent hammer for general carpentry. First day I demoed a chimney with it and we pulled 5 inch nails out with the side pull on a remodel reframing the kitchen ceiling. Holds up incredibly well and after a week my tendonitis was gone.
I'm 4th year Union framer. I skipped the heavy hammer, started with a wood stiletto, and have gone through the same journey. Fukin love the Martinez M1. Game changer
I’m new to the carpentry trade. I started with a $7 finish hammer from Home Depot when I was 10. I still have that one, but I recently upgraded to a wood handle 20 oz Vaughan 999. I’m loving it so far. Maybe there is a stiletto remodelers hammer in my future, but that’s where I’m at right now.
I get it! I was an automobile technician for 25+ years... I own mostly Snap-On tools... I didn’t always, but as I progressed through my career, I found out that you buy the best tools you can afford. I started out with the cheap craftsman tools and slowly replaced them with better quality tools. It definitely makes you more productive having the right tool for the job you are doing and like you said, we all have cars, and it’s more comfortable driving from point A to point B in a nicer car... Great videos, love your channel BTW!
I still have all my hammers from when I was a kid till now. Many of them are Estwing. Even though I now use Martinez for most work, I still always carry an Estwing for any demo or forms. They have there place.
Good call for sure
I started 16 years ago with that same estwing hammer. I still have it and use it. But I rarely nail anything since I'm a finish carpenter. Just setting the occasional finish nail. Pretty much all I use now are rubber mallets for assembling furniture and such.
My framer friends have Martinez hammers and swear by them. In all fairness you "could" drive in a nail with a dozen frozen bananas for a few dollars. But craftsmen take pride in their work and their tools. I've been eyeing the 12 oz for finish, but I just can't justify it since I wouldn't use it often. I believe in getting the best tool for your trade if you are using it on a daily basis. For my line of work, most of my purchases have been festool lately.
Good video, as always. Honest presentation, as usual! Your journey, your story not everyone works doing the same thing, at the same stage of their career or the same stage of their life! One of the things I enjoy in your videos is your work ethic, attention to detail. Giving your client/customer the best end result for their project and the best value for their budget. That speaks volumes of your character, your of pride of ownership,not only the job but also of your business, Thanks for your videos. They're great!
I do not use framing hammers really, but when the Stanley Antivibe came out I picked it up, and it is still going strong. I have plenty of trim hammers and mallets for the wood working I do.
Love your video Kyle. Love your story.
For me, my journey was cordless drills. in 1986, it was a 7.2 v AEG. Hey, state of the art back then. Now, I use the Makita 18 v at work and the Rigid 18 v at home in my shop.
I've got a 2 pound hammer that is one of my favorites. Unknown cheap local lumber yard brand but something about it just feels right.
My first hammer was a 28 once estwing. I was sixteen in 1985 and I rode my bike 5 miles to the hardware store to buy it while it was on sale. It wore out my arm the first year working full time as a carpenter. But my arm got stronger and then I loved it for years. Now I'm 50 and I love the stelleto.
Just ordered my first Martinez hammer, m1 I've been watching so much about his product I just knew after 6 years it was time to invest. I started with a 28 oz. Vaughn mill face framer then moved too a 20 oz bostich then 2 a 22 oz est wing framer. Cant wait for the next journey with the m1!
M1 and M4 !! I love them..came ever hammer Lowe’s and Home Depot sold settled on the Vaughn 999 freight train went to 14 0z wood waffle face and fiber glass smooth face to the Martinez!! I love the angled frame face
Vaughan is what i use.
I posted on your IG post but ya I have had my far share of hammers . After having the first Tbone for 15 yrs I got the Martinez m1 . Had elbow issues as does a lot of framers . Ultimately the Martinez the elbow pain went away . It’s crazy but the Martinez is simply the best ! Great video Kyle . 👊🏻💥👊🏻
In my hammer journey I started off with whatever I could get, I used a cheap no-name claw hammer in the beginning of my career and bought my first framing hammer 14 years ago. It was a Husky brand California-style framing hammer (either 21 or 22oz) and I beat that thing like it owed me money, everything from framing to demolition and masonry work, yet it still worked like a charm despite looking like it had been draggged behind a truck. I still have it somewhere and occasionally use it for demo. The next hammer I bought was a 32oz Vaughan classic framing hammer with a skinny wood handle. I was young and stupid and thought I was hot shit with a big ass hammer and all my gear doing comemrical work, however it turned out that all it did was tire me out and the skinny handle shattered one day when I tried to pull out a finish nail of all things so I went back to using the old reliable Husky. In the mean time I hadn't given up on the bigger-is-better mentality, and one day bought a 28oz bare head from a framing hammer that was originally made by True Temper, for $1 at a garage sale and added my own hickory handle. Again, I thought I was hot shit with my big old heavy hammer that I restored myself, this one didn't break like the Vaughan yet it still sucked to use all day so I went back, again, to the Husky. Then about 5 years ago I took a good long look at Stiletto and began to change my mind about expensive hammers and the science behind the lightweight titanium versus steel, and chose the 14oz Stiletto with the black fiberglass handle. The rest is history. I still use the other traditional hammers for demo and beater work, but for swinging all day and trying to keep my elbow intact I use the Stiletto. Fancy hammers may cost $100, $200, $300 or more but if you think about it, that's a lot less than surgery and rehab and loss of income if you use them all day every day.
Exactly what I was looking for and delivered in a fascinating story. As a DIYer woodworker, I have a 14oz famastil wood handle and have long since realized I desperately need something more substantial. I have been considering the 16oz Stiletto Titanium and now it a definite! Thanks for sharing. 😁
I have the Stilleto 14 oz and absolutely love it
This really resonates with me! I still use my stilleto... I don’t frame anymore and I am a government carpenter so I haven’t used it in a long time.... but I did recently built a big garage for my future shop and brought out my old hammer... and man did bring back some great memories.
I think I’m gonna try some loctite on the screw see if that locks it in... cause after all these years I’m still having the same head issue you described! Thanks for the videos man
What a great timeline of the Evolution of hammers through ur journey. I just picked up my first higher end framing hammer. I’ve been having elbow and shoulder issue for a while. Just thought I was getting older, but after speaking with so many follow tradesmen. The issue became clear. Swinging the wrong hammer 🔨 30-40 hours a week. Super excited for what the future holds
I started out in 97 swinging a 16 oz plumb when I was 17, moved up to the estwing then the wooden stiletto and now the ti-bone 2. Great hammer & would not take anything for it. Would like to try a Martinez 1 day. Great video
I have the Estwing 28, just cant rock it for long. Switched to the Estwing 20 and its my go to.
I work in concert construction building box culverts and we still use wood forms so I fully understand swinging a hammer day in and day out. On that note I use a Vaughn 23oz California framing hammer that I've had for roughly 4 years now and I love it. When the waffle is almost gone I just pull out the files and put a new waffle on the head.
I hope you get this comment. What kind of hammer are you using 3 years later?
I've been wanting the M1 for a while now, but like you in your early years I just can't justify it. Like the video🤘🤘
In 95 when I started my business I bought that same Estwing but with the smooth face and an 18 ounce with a curved claw. I always called the 28 oz the Man hammer. I guess all my hammers are Estwing except one. The Riggers Axe and Drywall hammer are both Estwing as well. I did get a 22 oz Milwaukee to help cut down the vibrations and knock some weight off, but that's obviously not the answer. I'm 53 and a fourteen oz titanium hammer would probably be ideal. I'll look into the Martinez and the Stiletto.
Been swinging the same 22oz steel Estwing goathead for 26 years. It was the first hammer I bought with my first paycheck as a framer's laborer. I have many other hammers in different weights and designs but the Estwing 22 will always be my "go to". It's started many conversations over the years.
I’ve thought about doing a video similar to yours Kyle but I just didn’t think anyone would be interested. But after enjoying yours maybe someday I will? It’s awesome to see how someone else feels sentimental about their hammers the way I do. I’m currently on a Stiletto “Musclehead” 16 oz. with the wooden handle. Keep up the good videos!
Very interesting the video, usually we do not evaluate those tips to acquire a hammer that will serve us for the work we do, Thank you for delivering your experience-👍👌
Got cleaned out in resent separation so I'm stuck trying to rebuild my shop and my life lol. Thanks for sharing. I've been considering the stiletto as the framer I pick up. Think you may have swayed me to the m1 now. Like the full head replacement and not just the face.
I went from a 22 estwing waffle, too a tb2 too a red headed step child and now I own my own framing company I love you're videos man, you should do a gable lift without a lull or pump jacks.
Im 21 and just got promoted to foreman. Saw your video a while back when you met up with Mark Martinez and have been wanting to get one ever since. Next paycheck I’m definitely putting the extra money towards a Martinez hammer.
Great video buddy. Perfect explanation of the hammers also. I caught some hints in there. But I hope soon you will make a video about struggles that you had to deal with and what you learned from.them to help you get to were you are. Thanks
Started with a 3 dollar harbor freight 16 ounce, moved up to a 22oz estwing when I got in the apprenticeship, once I became a 3rd term we were driving 9” spikes and tried a wood 14 stiletto. Definitely knew I needed a lighter hammer so I bought the mini 14. Best purchase of my career so far.
I’m 15 and barley started out about 1 year ago and I bought my self a wooden framing hammer and it’s been good
Good video. Made me look a my hammers dufferently. We are on similar journeys. You nailed it.
Speaking for myself, I enjoy these videos.
It is of interest to see how your hammer choices evolved.
I'm not a framer but I've done some framing and I've got one of them big bad Estwing framing hammers, I'm sure that thing will out-live me!
When I was about 12 or so we all helped my grandfather build his retirement house. My brother and I spend most of a summer at his place building the new house, digging ditches in the rain and lots of swinging hammers. I was old enough to get an old worn but serviceable tool belt and my very own first hammer, wooden handle. My grandfather would catch me choking up on the handle and tell me to NOT do that, you need to swing the whole hammer to drive in those spikes. After telling me maybe a million times, LOL one day at lunch, with my brother, father, uncles, and cousins sitting around he said to me
"Hey, can I see your hammer?"
I handed him my hammer and he pulled out his skill saw and cut about six inches off the handle and handed it back to me...
He said, "Well you don't use it so I made it lighter for you..."
I was mad and embarrassed as could be.
Around coffee break, 3PM he called me aside and gave me some money and told me to walk down to the hardware store and get a new handle for my hammer.
When I got back he showed me how to hang a handle on a hammer.
To this day every time I swing a hammer I think of him and I never... EVER choke up on the handle.
Cheers from Tokyo!
Wow great story man. Thanks for sharing
awesome story mate
We call it choking the chicken.......holding the hammer close to the head
L Just frozen you can't be
Great video Kyle. I built my house 35 years ago with a 20 oz Craftsman with a orange fiberglass handle for framing and a 16 oz Craftsman claw for interior trim. Still have those today. When my Dad passed, my brother only wanted one thing and that was my Dad's hammer because both my brother and I learned from my Dad how to build a variety of things using that hammer. I don't know of any other tool that evokes such passion like a hammer does.
Very true
i got my brother a tb2 and he got me a martinez m4 12oz we build decks. The thing is a game changer like you said! We both had been talking about them but never justified them lol we both had been using whatever Dewalts best antivibe option at the time for the last 7yr and before that it was the good ol estwing!!
I just bought an M1 for my Bday. I look forward to trying it outs. Thank you for your videos. They are very informative.
Just wondering why you chose to go back to a steel head from titanium if you were using a stiletto?
Earlier this year at my age of 17 I bought an m1 as a controls tech lol. Although financially a stupid decision I have no regrets. The sledge hammer head that showed up at more door a couple days ago definitely for me, makes it all worth it. It's amazing how you can beat metal with a sledge hammer and it feel like dead blow.
Great video. I literally have the same collection in the same order. Been swinging a Martinez for 2 years now. I’ll never go back!
As a kid (probably 4-5) I got a small trim hammer to play with in the shop, moved to up a proper framing hammer when I was 8 and eventually got a 22oz eastwing but now that I'm an electrician I just use my klein's!
I have a huge collection of retired Hammers too. Not all great experiences. Experience makes a massive difference on your experience.
I’m a blue handle guy for life. Love how they age and turn almost black over time. I don’t do a lot of framing though so it works great for me.
Aviation mechanic here watching the video staring at my Snapon tool box and tools, but not regretting buying them because that price definitely made my job easier worth every penny. Different trade same message.
i think everyone has your first 2 hammers I know I do and I do know how a Martinez hammer feels swinging and love it even though I don't use it as much as you I sure understand why you like it great info
Ive been a carpenter for 7years in Canada Ive started whit the Vaughan CFB2LM 19-Ounce Blue Max High Performance and still have to this day just love the hammer one day im going to get the Martinez M1
Great vid bro 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I’ve been thinking about picking up an M1. This video helped push me to do it. Thanks!
buy once, cry once. Bought a stiletto 15oz 12 years ago. loved it, still love it
Good video Kyle, I still have my first estwing from when I was 15 .55 now and still swinging an assortment of hammers, cheers
Buddy I love it! Thanks for sharing! Ive been a builder for 40 years!
Hey Kyle, I'm not in the trade, at most I'm a wood butcher. I just enjoy watching you build stuff. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Cool story man! I have one similar to the one you said you may have gotten from your dad. I got mine from my dad, and it's my favorite hammer. I'm not in the trade, so it doesn't make sense for me to get anything nicer, but those Martinez hammers are nice. If anyone says anything negative about this video, just ignore them. It's your journey, not theirs, and your builds are inspiring. My current shop is a 40'x60' metal frame building, but my next will likely be a post-frame. Keep doing what you do!!
I've got the same story but a larger quiver that I recently tossed in the trash. Now I'm looking for something different like what you currently own. Cool video!
Kyle,
As always, your videos hit the proverbial nail on the head. I've been roofing for going on 7 years now, so framing hammers aren't my tool. I've tried all the hatchets from big box stores, and a few from online.
Can't beat that trusty ol' 35oz 12.5" estwing. One hit and done with our teeny 1&1/4" nails :D
Haha so true
The Martinez is a very beautiful hammer to use, it’s different, but worth every penny!
I still swing the 28 oz. Estwing in my early fifties and my two sons are a heck of a lot smarter then me they both already transitioned to the stiletto14 in there early twenties, well that means they will for sure out last me . Or just maybe I will get a real nice birthday present this year. possibly a MartinezM1, one can only hope the boys love there dad enough.
Tell your boys to step it up
My dad has 30 years on his estwing hammers. They are pretty much indestructible I like them and I'll probably use them for another 30 years.
@@nicholashollow9410 My old man bought a Sears Craftsman hammer ONCE 50 years ago and used the same one for 5 decades. Every year, he'd wear it one down, take back to Sears and they'd give him a brand knew one knowing full well they'd see him back there the following year with another worn out hammer.
@@YankeeWoodcraft and you wonder why Sears went out of business 😅
I’m still swinging my Estwing. 25 years of hammering and still going.
I would love to see you and viewers take on the light Estwing aluminum hammer. I am a retired building contractor but the trade stays in your blood always.
Still rocking the Estwing (blue handle full steel). I don't swing it much (working on buying cordless nailers).....plus i am just a handyman. Love learning from your channel, though. So keep making great content for me to improve. Thanks.
I always told my guys with wood handled hammers when i seen them pulling nails, "hammers are for driving nails not pulling nails" lots of them would scoff untll they ended up on their butt after there handle broke. I always carried a cats paw for pulling nails (or for a paper weight) after I switched to a stilletto i still found my cats paw usefull.
Buy once cry once. You get what you pay for. The tools make your living. I fully support american made, quality tools.
Nothing beats the quality of a fine crafted American hammer as opposed to a Chinese photocopied wrist-wrecker.
Brian said it all
Buy 7
go to heaven
Cool vid! So you can easily turn this into a continuing series - "My Journey." Call this first one My Journey - The Hammer. Next could be My Journey - The Tool Belt, etc.
New viewer, your mezzanine video randomly popped up in my feed and really enjoyed it. First construction/wood working channel this metal fab/weldor has found that I enjoy. Keep up the great content, and my pop still has one of those shoulder killing 28oz hammers.
Thx for history of your hammer journey, lots of real world gems.
FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for a video like this for a long time.
My old man got me a 28 Oz Estwing hammer. I've been using it for 16 years. I've taken it on multiple deployments (military carpenter). I've since bought another one. I tried a wood handle 14 and It felt to weird. I could no longer 3 hit nails. I've been using the Estwing so long it felt like I could never transition to something lighter. Still using the Estwing today. Who knows I may try one of the m1 or stiletto hammers next.
Great video
I started with a 16oz plumb, had a few of those early on. Then transitioned to a 20oz, do not recall the manufacturer. Now I have a kobalt waffle head framer, a Vaughn 22 oz. Hickory handle Framer and Vaughn 16oz mill face hickory handle.
Started out with a basic curved claw like you, bought the DEWALT 15oz from home depot and used that for a few years, then I bought my 12oz stiletto wood handle about 6 years ago which I still use today
I've used plub and estwing hammers for the past 12 years and swamped over to stiletto with the timber handle due to back problem carrying it at the back of my belt and honestly it's been the best money Ive spent better to use and back feels noticeably better at the end of the day
I started with several 16 oz claw hammers. Now i bounce between a 21oz California Framer and my grandfather's rigging axe that i refinished and made a handle out of a 100 y/o tree that fell in my parents front yard. Currently cant justify a Martinez but damn im looking forward to that day
the two best carpenters i ever met both carried 14 oz hammers with wood handles, had arms like popeye and could sink a framing nail with three strikes. big hammers are good for demo. for me hammers were a backup for a framing gun or an oscillating sawzall. short hammers don't beat my knees to death, or catch as easily on ladder rungs. my hammering today is at the skeet range.
My hammer journey is very similar ! M1 is my go to after 17 years !
Love the video!! Tools especially hammers have high value for all the work you do with them. I still own my grandfather's original buck bros hammer that he used to build our farmhouse. It's such a great feeling to bring it out of storage and use for odd jobs around the house. I personally own a large number of tools and hammers many that I use and many that I collect. Old tools have a quality that can only be matched by high quality tools available today. And that's why they cost what they do
Still swinging the 28 oz Estwing. I do HVAC and remodeling though, so I am not constantly driving nails. Maybe one day I will go after the Martinez, but I will have to start driving many more nails to justify it. Great content as always Kyle!
I had a 20 ounce Stanley hammer throughout my apprenticeship, it was fine it did the job but I noticed whenever I was doing demo work my hand would get really sore even tho the hammer said it was anti vibration which in fairness I couldn’t really feel much vibration but my hand will always get sore after long periods of use. I saw your videos about the matinez hammers and I bit the bullet and bought one, the cheapest one of course but after the currency conversion and shipping it ended up costing $530 AUS. I use it everyday and I don’t regret buying it best hammer I have ever used
Love your videos!!! Pole barn builder and I love my Estwing!!
I Love It !!!!! My hammer journey was very similar to yours and I own most of those. I learned pretty early that a rubber handle was not a good feel for me. Rubber with fiberglass or steel tore me up. So it was more of getting the right head weight and the right handle ergonomics. I didn't like the Titanium Stilletto because they are too light. I found a weight that the head did the work and a handle that was very comfortable. I can't believe I used a 23 oz. for awhile. I seem to always go back to a Vaughan 19 oz. with a axe style handle. And when the milled face goes dull I sand them off and use it for finish work. Great Video and I never really thought of my stack of hammers as my journey but they are. 👍👊
Started out with a 20oz estwing curved claw for my first two years serving my time, moved on to a 22oz straight claw framing hammer until summer last year when my mrs bought me an m1 for my birthday after me going on about it for so long, over kill for what i do but like kyle says its like a car many will get you from a to b but why not do it in comfort!
Probably one of my favorite videos. Thank you