Timothy, the inventor of the Hammer Fist, reached out and is a super nice guy with a great explanation of what the Hammer Fist is and isn't meant to do. Check out his quick explainer video here: instagram.com/reel/CtM2c5nJVjp/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
a screwdriver makes an adequate substitute for a hammer in a pinch... so maybe a screwdriver with a grip incorporating a reinforced strike plate would be better than this. this removes mass and leverage from both what it was derived from... hammer and a rock.
If you are able to move your arm enough, in tight space, to hammer with this BS than you have enough space to use normal hammer. You just rock your hand instead of whole arm.
You can’t really improve hammer. It’s literally the first tool ever made. Even older than the wheel. It’s basically the perfect tool. It is the literal icon of tools 🔨
@@nova_zar I meant the rock/stick turned to tools, sharpened rocks count, sharpened sticks count, since I doubt humans found a perfect stake on the ground first before making one of their own, also
@anadaere6861 Club was probably the first tool before hammer, then maybe spear second. Need the right tool for the right job. First get woman, next food, then home.
I was thinking exactly the same thing, and came across a video of someone "reinventing" the axe with a pendulum system. In this case, the axe we all knew was very outdated. Example of the axe : ruclips.net/video/9jDR_2Zsr40/видео.html
And im going to put some sensors, gyros & modems & perhaps some cameras, and its going to be plug & play with your extension handle. It will be on the spot everytime nobody need to miss a thumb ever again..
It is absolutely wild that they released a product with a flaw (if you miss the nail, nail goes into your hand) so obvious and so fundamental that it is mindboggling they think "But it has a bottle opener" would make up for it
It's basically a 20$ bottle opener that can do some construction stuff in a pinch. Also you could use it as brass knuckles yelling "hammer fist" every time you swing lol.
A classic case of a money grab. Create something that technically does what it says, throw some marketing at it, sell it at a ridiculous markup, profit.
i will say this, they should just go full ham on the mallet. i could see people using something like that for tighter spaces, it could also instead of being a hammer mallet hybrid, it could have diferent surfaces with diferent materials like wood or rubber. maybe have them in diferent angles. who knows, maybe that way it could have a niche use.
Pretty insightful for a girl ;) lol jk, we all know gender has nothing to do with it, because this tool was more than likely invented by a moronic male lol
you never know what crazy contraptions may work better/just as good as the original tools, its more like "thank you i dont have to spend my money on this to see if it works"
The person 30 000 years ago who thought to add a handle to the stone truly improved the tool immensely. Only for someone to come and push technology back 3 million years by removing the handle again.
One advantage it has over a traditional hammer is its greatly increased ability to cause both a painful puncture wound and fracture of the pinky finger on your dominant hand.
I can't believe they didn't think to make the contact point bigger than an average hand. I know I've missed a few nails with a proper hammer, so I'm not exactly confident in my aim being perfect.
I can't believe that this DIY tool made it past a test panel as a hammer replacement. It smells of an attempt to sell knuckle dusters in states where those are banned. And like you said, it's best to use dedicated tools for the job.
Nah it's just bait for dumb dads or yuppies who don't really do DIY in any serious capacity. The idea of a multitool is a powerful draw for men because having the most utility in the smallest space/weight possible is appealing. Of course, these tools are always mediocre or worse at all of the things they claim to do.
Ich have not used a nail in way over 20 years now. Torx Screws just do the job for me. So this thing is a decent bottle opener wit crappy extra functions. Thanks for showing it
Some of us learned many decades ago that “all in one” tools are generally good for absolutely nothing. Real craftsman use specialized tools for good reason.
The only decent all-in-one tool is the 7-in-1 painters tool. Everything else is trash. Unfortunately, I've been suckered in buying some of these tools that see no light of day.
It's almost like one of the main reasons that we have a bunch of different tools is that they're all uniquely designed to do what they're intended to do WELL, and as soon as you start trying to combine them all, you put yourself in a situation where you inevitably increase the amount of things a single tool technically "could" do, but every single one of them is absolutely miserable.
So many disadvantages, but the worst of which is damage to the tendons, cartilage, and soft tissue in your hand even if you somehow manage to hit the nail squarely every time. Thanks for exposing this misbegotten invention.
I actually think this device is intended to cause damage to the tendons, cartilage and soft tissue of other people. I am almost certain that it is a set of brass knuckles, and the tool functions are there for plausible deniability.
@thepenultimateninja5797 That's a real possibility and a very good point. On a similar note, I remember seeing a car steering wheel lock in a shop one time (UK). It was blatantly a heavy-duty cosh shaped like a rounders bat with a nice foam grip handle at one end to aid swinging it around with some force. It just had a chunk of metal sticking out the other end at a right angle so it could masquerade as a steering lock and you couldn't be accused by the police of having a weapon in your car.
@@bryandonatonash5506you want to blindly slam your wrist and fleshy side of your hand down onto a nail at full force? -- knock yourself out 😂 The rest of us will be not smashing our fingers (like children) using a regular hammer 😂
I feel like this would work a lot better if it was *heavier* than a hammer usually is. That way it compensates for losing the leverage of a traditional hammer while also not really being more cumbersome considering the weight is centered on your hand rather than on the end of a handle.
@@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932 I guess it would still serve a niche purpose in tight spaces where it's difficult to swing a normal hammer. But in that case any heavy, compact piece of metal would serve well enough. Like a small dumbbell would do fine in being heavy and compact, and the weighted end would protect your hand better than this product.
@@kebsis Theoretically, maybe, but that's a *really* niche and specific situation if you A) need a hammer, B) have enough room to swing your arm, and C) don't have enough room to swing a hammer. Especially since the smaller tool would probably need more arm-swinging room than a normal hammer would, to get anywhere close to the same amount of force. It may well end up being the same amount of force in the same amount of space. Alternatively, you can just take your normal hammer and hold it closer to the end, choking up on the grip a bit. Or even hold the normal hammer in your hand upside-down if you *really* have to. There's no need to invent a whole new overly complex tool; this "invention" is literally just an overenginered version of a rock to bang stuff with. It's the same level of complexity that cavemen and apes have figured out. Heck, you literally *could* just use a rock - it'd probably be more comfortable than this "new invention", too.
I really appreciate that you took the time and effort to do a full review of and testing of a tool that I'm sure showed it's flaws and failures really quickly. Rather than trying it out and just dismissing it as crap you gave it a chance, kudos!
This is insane. A couple of months ago Im at work and we have huge chains and shackles to tie heave equipments to our trailers. I need to remove a safety pin from an harness and I would need an hammer or something to strike it out. I look around and I grab a big shackle that is nearby. Immediatle Im impressed at how well the handle feels when you need to hit something and Im like "Wow this is even better then an hammer". I think about it for a while, like making something out of this. But then of course it just ends there. And now I come across this! It always strikes me when you think you had an amazing idea and suddenly you come across someone who not only already thought about it, but they actually already made it a real thing! 👍
I could imagine this might be useful in very select conditions if the base was flared at the bottom and also had a solid core to add mass. Double the weight.
Yup, I can definitely see it being improved with a few extra guards for the hands and some added weight for better force. But then some genius is gonna invent a simpler, and lighter-weight design on the end of a short shaft that uses leverage to maximise its lighter weight to create a more concentrated and controlled impact. Maybe he'll call it a 'hammer' or smth, idk 🤷♂️
@@masondegaulle5731 Imagine your working a space where you barely have room for your hand let alone a handle. Having done body work repairs there's been plenty of times where I've had to use weird things as hammers to get a specific place.
@@freedomofmotion If you can get your hand in there, presumably with arm attached, then you can get a lumpy with a short handle in there more easily. Correct me if I'm wrong but for bodywork primarily a shaped dummy/dolly weight is held in contact on the inside while the sheet metal is worked with the appropriate hammer/mallet from the outside, no?
I can see some uses in the automotive industry side. Specifically with putting in plastic rivets into wheel wells, or other tight areas where you need a little force in a little space. Or if the engine oil / transmission pans got bent, or whatever similar pliable material, the flat edge of the hammer can be pretty useful. You can control the force of it and flatten it better. This handheld hammer thing can be kind of useful, in a precision driver kind of way. Wouldn't use it in lieu of a normal hammer, but as a supplement on I guess... Low impact, high tolerance jobs. The hammer itself could act as a brace and be put in, or between something to push an object out if you were working on it. For example, if you needed to work under something, let's say a car seat, but don't want to take it out completely, maybe could use this as a brace against it for some room. Or if there's wiring behind a plastic piller and it's just kind of right there and won't damage anything, could use this to push that pillar out while working on that hidden connector. Maybe it's heavy enough to put a wiring harness through the grippy hole portion of the hammer and essentially rotating the hammer to redirect the wires out of your work area. The metak on the hammer looks like it protrudes, so in a situation, i can see using that as a scraper of some kind in a left and right motion. For softer metals, like oil pans that can bend when you pry on them, the flat edges of the hammer could be used to reflatten the edges. The longer flat ends of the hammer could help with fine tuning those warps. Automotive side, you never really know what situation you'll find yourself in and then realizing "oh, this'll work". I can see this as something in a box that sits there and used a few times a year maybe.
At first I thought it might make for a good camping tool or glove box tool but it seemed to perform so poorly in most of it's uses that I think it would just end up being more frustrating than anything. It's good that honest reviews like this are out there.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Throw it in your bag when going out camping/hiking/whatever so that you'll have something that sort of works better than nothing if needed.
I think that is definitely the niche for something like this. It can do a lot of things better than no tool at all, and it's small enough to toss in your glove box/center console, or just to slide into a camping backpack.
This is perfect for a bug out bag or a kind of emergency do-it-all tool kit. I'm always looking for tools that are smaller with multi functions. I have a tool kit for my truck and a tool kit for home and a tool kit that can fit in a backpack that has all manual/physical tools one would need to build a permanent shelter like a cabin or something similar and this hammer definitely looks useful for this purpose. I personally carry a framers axe that covers my hammer needs but redundancy is another issue and should I loose a tool its nice to have something that can replace it in the same bug out bag and this is perfect for that. Cool little hammer that has a really small profile, I'll have to get one. Thanks for the upload...
I reckon a saw maker had a supply issue with sheet metal during covid and this was the best thing they could come up with just using their handles and the bits of steel they had left.
I think it can be improved upon. For safety, I'd enlarge the striking area of the hammerfist "head" to have it work a bit like a handguard on a sword, thus reducing the chances of the nail hitting the hand. Maybe thickening that part would also add weight and power to the head
I think the striking area should especially be expanded towards back right (back left for left-handed version). When you pound your fist on something, you do not strike with your curled little finger. You strike with the meat between your wrist and your little finger. So the striking area should be below that.
according to a company press release, “It’s a utility tool that turns your fist into steel.” which is a very subtle way of saying that these are in fact only good at being legal brass knuckles.
I mean that's what their going for. This isn't some smart tool to use on the job but something so carry around sketchy areas in England to defend yourself and still have deniability that you're not carrying a weapon.
As a carpenter for decades, I'm not the only one who has tried this with a different object. And we quickly realized you can't get the right leverage, but more important the vibration is not picked up by the handle, so you're basically hurting your arm. To make it even somewhat functional you would have to make it like a Shake Weight
Additional tests I would like to see: Bashing the nail in with your cordless drill. Or screwdriver. Or old 90 deg piece. Driving the nail with rock/brick you found on the site.
at least those won't find your knuckles lacerated on a miss. can you imagine being off a half-inch and missing the nail with the cestus but finding it with the edge of your knuckles?
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." - Archimedes. Over 2000 years ago, this mathematical equation was solved, despite it being used as a philosophical point most of the time that it's brought up. Thank you for the video explaining the Hammerfist, though. I can imagine there may be some extremely niche uses for such a tool but it certainly doesn't replace the base needs a hammer fills.
sometime people lack row power and would like a little hand from basic physic, others are clumbsy enough to hit a finger of the hand that hold the nail in place and dont want to karate chop a nail head.
@@dvldog_ i rather use metal cup as a hammer than this anyday lol. i am not handyman but this looks flawed so much. I cant believe some people go through to invent such a thing. I would expect inventors to create things that relate to them and their expertise. This is just horrible.
I think another overlooked problem with the nail puller was that because it was slotted into a recess in the handle, it had a limited depth. anything too long and it would just hit the bottom of the recess. whereas, with a conventional claw, you can pull a nail whether it's sticking 1/2 inch out of the wood, or 2 inches.
the main problem I can see with that is hanging up a painting on a wall. if you miss the nail with a normal hammer, you get a small circular hole in drywall, however with this you get a fist-sized hole and the flat end of the nail embedded in your hand
As someone who nails pallets as a job with a pneumatic hammer and a normal one, I can't imagine working with that even for a week. Like every day I nail about 200-400 nails and this would be my end, both for my hands and my nerves.
@@Jefferson-ly5qe Pneumatic is a nailgun. But most of time I finish longer nails with normal hammer that didn't went through. Electric ones are easy to handle but expensive and don't have that much power in my experience.
@@Poodleinacan I do casual ones which most of the time are 120x80 or smaller and there are reinforced ones that are glued and screwed which means you can do some damage to them without noticing any degradation in functionality and those are very special like 250x140cm
A week? I wouldn't think more than an hour... With a half hour lunch break, a fifteen minute smoke break, and a ten minute coffee break, in that same hour...
@Johnny Lee-Hale yeah, they are different, sure, but it still can add useful information. A child and adult have two different views of the world and thus see things very differently. Most children I've met have taught me something at some point and maybe we shouldn't dismiss them so easily in our lives. Kids are great
@@JBG1968 but that was the point, they haven‘t developed the skill with either item so they can give us the most objective perspective on both utensils.
Next, wheel, reinvented. It's perfectly triangular, with an advantage of never slipping in snow or mud, but it does somewhat affect riding comfort negatively.
A great example as to why we put handles on striking tools! Whether an Axe, and Pick, or a Hammer, having the momentum gained from adding a handle makes most jobs much easier, and you're not relying on sole strength.
I can see just one or two minor changes: 1 relocate the gripping surface to an extended handle. 2 remove the hex driver component. End result: A hammer with an integrated bottle opener.
@@stratometal It's not plausible unless you're actually doing terrible DIY work. That's like telling a cop that you carry a mini bat in case you want to play tiny baseball.
You're a braver man than me using that thing. I still remember the pain of learning to use a hammer when i was younger. It's cringe worthy to think of a nail through a finger at the same time!!!
This seems like a proof of concept that was pushed into production before any usability testing, I can instantly see ways to improve this device to make it at least somewhat usable in a pinch. Add either a retractable handle that can be pulled out for extra leverage when pulling nails (or a hole so that you can insert something like a screwdriver to get extra leverage), fix the grooves of the nail puller so it doesn't strip the nails its trying to pull, fix the ruler by making zero start at the edge and have longer markings that reach around the bottom handle to easily see them against the surface you are measuring, magnet at the base of the hex driver like he mentions and have it slightly deeper for extra stability when using full sized bits. Do those improvements and I could see this device as an emergency backup tool you can throw into the trunk of your car or have it in a kitchen drawer to grab when you have to do some light stuff without needing to go to your garage or wherever you store the Grown Up versions of your tools.
Not putting a magnet into the hex slot is pretty mindboggling, it's such a standard feature of these sockets, even with the cheapest drivers you can get.
One improvement I'd give it is making the bottom twice as wide, so that the bottom of your hand is protected better, and it would make it heavier (thus more effective) and would increase the accuracy
I think you have covered all basic drawbacks and summed it up pretty well :D Nothing to add. Wonderful review! [edit] No wonder our ancestors designed a hammer in this way. It works. And it works well.
Man, I should have patented that nearby cinderblock I used in 1972 when nobody was looking to drive a nail instead of walking back to the truck. What an idiot I was!
I remember my Dad teaching me at a young age to tip the nail away slightly when setting it. " The hammer falls in an arc when you swing the arm. So don't set it straight because it will bend, angling off center as you try to drive it in. The nail will drive straightening out as it sinks into the wood." -Dad's explanation. So I am guessing that the same principle applies to using the HammerFist.
"So I am guessing that the same principle applies to using the HammerFist" The principle one should apply is "Don't fix what isn't broken". The thing is trash and probably marketed to women who struggle to lift a 16oz tool but still want to hang pictures. If you showed up to a job site with this thing you'd be dogged until your dying day.
To be fair, that's all in technique. I've heard this over and over but whenever I try it I end up with crooked nails. It also depends on what position you hit the nail in. If the hammer is completely flat it'll go straight, if you hit with the hammer up 2-3 degrees you angle the mail twords you, and if your down 2-3 degrees, angle it away from you
Assuming it actually worked this way (it doesn't) you'd just be widening the channel the nail is supposed to sit in and increasing the chances of it failing. You hit the nail straight on and it will go straight in, no trick required if you know what you're doing.
When properly swung both a hammer and hammer fist should have all of their arcing momentum transfered solely to downward force. With proper form a nail set straight should indeed go in straight.
I'm not going to hate on it. His explanation video was informative. I know it cannot necessarily replace the impact of the hammers 3rd class lever action, but in certain jobs it could have its uses.
My first thought when i saw the thumbnail was "how can that be as good as a hammer if it doesn't have the momentum that a hammer does?" and that thought seems to have been spot on. Using this thing as a hammer is gonna use a lot more force and after repeated use I would expect a lot of forearm, wrist, and hand pain because 100% of the impact is going directly into your hand and arm.
He briefly mentioned it, ignoring the fact that you could put a nail through your hand, a great advantage of the handle is that it will absorb vibration so that your hand doesn't have to. But as someone else mentioned, looks like some killer brass knuckles
Not only does this hammer benefit from not benefiting from physics, if you miss you'll have a nifty injury on your hand due to the force you have to put into it and the nail which has now either impaled your hand or cut it wide open! Brilliant.
0:50 If you slightly miss the nail with a regular hammer, you may bend the nail. If you slightly miss the nail with this thing, the nail will enter your hand. That alone makes this a pretty bad idea.
@@willg8796 Yes someone is going to get hurt, and that person is whoever gets punched with this disguised set of brass knuckles. The hammer functions are just there for plausible deniability.
A big downside of this, especially with repeated use, is the amount of shock going into your wrist instead of a handle. How did your wrist feel after doing all these tests?
Interesting. I have a somewhat similar tool i recently inherited - it's a prototype for a hammer for orthopedic surgery - it's made entirely out of machined metal and has a lot of heft to it, while still being easily lifted and held in one hand. It also has a notch on the top that you can put your pointer finger or thumb in for more stabilization - overall a pretty cool tool.
Hammerfist is for hikers. When you pack all your sleeping, gear micro kitchen clothes and other stuff you might need in 20l or 30l bag and go somewhere far by foot. It's like multi tool. It's not for regular life cases.
Backpacker here! Not wasting weight on a hammer. I have a boot heel, small logs and rocks for that. Pocket knife, spork and lighter are the tools I bring. Everything else is extra weight.
Kinda makes you appreciate just how practical, effective and functional a traditional carpentry hammer is. Still can't design a better one.....Hey, with a modification might make a decent bottle opener.... Errrrrrr, got to the end of the video. Similar minds.👍👍
From this I'm getting that it's a multitool that you could use as a hammer. For everything on a typical multitool, there are substitutes that do the job much better. But for a handyman it'll do in a pinch if that's all he has.
I think something like that could be useful as an ergonomic crafting mallet, like for people with mobility problems or something. The bottle opener and ruler stuff can go, but just a very simple handle-shaped soft-ish impact tool might be a nice idea.
They make them in many shapes and sizes. Their called body dollies, and while they are generally used as an anvil, they can be used for tapping and shaping metal where you can't fit a hammer or pry bar. At least, I have misused mine this way.
Yes it is definitely an injury waiting to happen, but not how you think. This is clearly a set of brass knuckles. The hammer functions are there for plausible deniability.
So I found out that after I tried it that it sucked so I tried something else and it sucked more but the thing that you are gonna really like is how much it sucks wtf ???
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Timothy, the inventor of the Hammer Fist, reached out and is a super nice guy with a great explanation of what the Hammer Fist is and isn't meant to do. Check out his quick explainer video here: instagram.com/reel/CtM2c5nJVjp/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
It's great that you give him a chance to explain the other side of that "tool",but he just confirmed, it's not more useful than a simple rock...
a screwdriver makes an adequate substitute for a hammer in a pinch... so maybe a screwdriver with a grip incorporating a reinforced strike plate would be better than this. this removes mass and leverage from both what it was derived from... hammer and a rock.
Being a nice guy doesn't make a product safe or well-designed
If you are able to move your arm enough, in tight space, to hammer with this BS than you have enough space to use normal hammer. You just rock your hand instead of whole arm.
It might be more useful if it incorporated deadblow functionality. A hollow cavity running the length of the grip about half full of lead shot.
Wow, a hammer with the single biggest advantage of a hammer removed from it. Bravo.
literally "Hammer, but worse"
Hey let’s reinvent the wheel.
What if we take the wheel and make it a four sided shape? It’s gonna look so edgy, people will love the aesthetic!
Any time there is a tool that "replaces" more than 3 tools, it's garbage.
Yeah, not the dumbest tool I have ever seen, but close.
You can’t really improve hammer.
It’s literally the first tool ever made.
Even older than the wheel.
It’s basically the perfect tool.
It is the literal icon of tools 🔨
I say the first tool humans made besides the rock is the stick
Then again, Rock and Stick is hammer, so its the best of both worlds
@@anadaere6861rocks and sticks weren't made by humans 😂
@@nova_zar I meant the rock/stick turned to tools, sharpened rocks count, sharpened sticks count, since I doubt humans found a perfect stake on the ground first before making one of their own, also
@anadaere6861 Club was probably the first tool before hammer, then maybe spear second.
Need the right tool for the right job. First get woman, next food, then home.
I was thinking exactly the same thing, and came across a video of someone "reinventing" the axe with a pendulum system. In this case, the axe we all knew was very outdated.
Example of the axe :
ruclips.net/video/9jDR_2Zsr40/видео.html
Perfect example of a product that was made to be a product, rather than one that addresses an issue, need, or concern. Great vid!
This thing is a solution looking for a problem.
@@danieljackson5758 Maybe it'll run for office lol
@@HardSoundGuyLOL
"Product that was made to be a product" is such a great way to describe it. Holy cow.
Modern capitalism: We do not market solutions to problems. We market problems you didn't have before us.
this video ironically made me appreciate how effective the normal hammer is, its really an almost perfect tool if you're patient
Or the perfect weapon if you are impatient...
@@furter189who needs a bottle opener when you have a skull cracker 💀
Just hold a hammer and you feel the grip its proof that it was intelligently designed to fit the human hand. Just like a banana.
@@glizzdawiz not to mention that human wrists are evolved for the clubbing motion
@@thallan Yep that's the Monolith's fault in 2001 Space Odessy which was a true account of human evolution.
I think I am going to invent a extension handle, for the hammerfist. and sell it separately! 😂
And im going to put some sensors, gyros & modems & perhaps some cameras, and its going to be plug & play with your extension handle. It will be on the spot everytime nobody need to miss a thumb ever again..
You will be rich. Lol
Can i get that 3 minutes of my life back……. Didn’t hang around to “see more”
Don't forget Bluetooth!
I'd buy a nice wooden extension, don't want to risk my knuckles
This is the fanciest and most colourful rock I've ever seen. Fantastic.
Lmao
So you never saw a diamond?
@@umi3017 Diamonds would not have been my first thought for 'colourful rocks', but you do you.
You must be an otter, where every tool you have is a rock.
Things i learned from this video
If physics dosent allow it
Might as well not try
I never thought about how smart a design a traditional hammer is. Thanks hammerfist for making me realize how good traditional hammers are!
You haven’t used a hammer enough times.
Most people’s use of a hammer is limited to a building icon in some games.
Wonder why hammer look the same way for decades and never someone came up with a better design ?
This is the reason. It's already the best design
@@LoLFilmStudios my job revolves around a hammer. So I think I'd know.
@@bobn2805 LOL
@@LoLFilmStudiosBro has hammered more things than Mario
Thank you, Hammerfist company, for letting people appreciate how amazing such a simple tool like the hammer actually is.
It is absolutely wild that they released a product with a flaw (if you miss the nail, nail goes into your hand) so obvious and so fundamental that it is mindboggling they think "But it has a bottle opener" would make up for it
Why not just make the botton wider so it does not happen?
Right because drinking is advised when youre slamming nails with pretty much your hand. Did hand surgeons invent this?
It would have been so easy to just add a small "wing" on each side so your hand would slide off to the side.
@@AlphaQHardYou've clearly never been around bros while doing any type of construction or home project. Drinking is how they make it fun
It's basically a 20$ bottle opener that can do some construction stuff in a pinch. Also you could use it as brass knuckles yelling "hammer fist" every time you swing lol.
A classic case of fixing something that isn’t broken.
Or rather NOT fixing it.
More like they broke something that wasnt broken
A classic case of a money grab. Create something that technically does what it says, throw some marketing at it, sell it at a ridiculous markup, profit.
reinvents the wheel by making it square 💀
i will say this, they should just go full ham on the mallet. i could see people using something like that for tighter spaces, it could also instead of being a hammer mallet hybrid, it could have diferent surfaces with diferent materials like wood or rubber. maybe have them in diferent angles.
who knows, maybe that way it could have a niche use.
This is actually ridiculously dangerous. Imagine swinging with this and missing and putting it through your hand lol
Rusty metal bit plunged deep into the hand... What's the concern?
That was my first thought
Basically like making a knive with a handle that's also a knife, woohooo 2 in 1 knife, reinvention of the century.
2:30 timeline he does just that hits himself 😳
My first thought too
Great, objective comparison. No unnecessary praise for innovation, no sugarcoating the disparity in effectiveness.
I imagine a lot of people are thanking you for reviewing this. I feel like a random rock would work better.
Actually yea, if you're going to strike with your arm as the lever, it's easier to smack palm down the way you would hold a rock.
Makes sense, larger surface area = easier to aim.
Pretty insightful for a girl ;) lol jk, we all know gender has nothing to do with it, because this tool was more than likely invented by a moronic male lol
If you lash the rock to a stick, you can make a hammer that works WAY better
you never know what crazy contraptions may work better/just as good as the original tools, its more like "thank you i dont have to spend my money on this to see if it works"
Wow, a hammer that skips entire decades of working toward carpel tunnel and repetitive impact injuries of the hand and wrist. How innovative.
And if you miss, you rake all the skin off your knuckles!
😢
This thing is straight up dangerous 😅
I was thinking the same thing watching the show motion video of his forearm shaking around with each strike.
Bwhahahaha true
In Hammerfist's defense, you can use it as a brass knuckle.
Ya, but the hammer can still be used as a hammer. Lol I'd rather fight somebody with that than a real clawed hammer.
For when Friday nights just aren't interesting enough.
@@Drunk3n1rish2009 😅
@@Drunk3n1rish2009 Hammers have more reach and power.
@@Drunk3n1rish2009 accuracy may be an issue though. Also, if you miss you have retract you arm again. I'm looking way to deep into this....lol
This feels like it would be most commonly seen in either the "As Seen on TV" or Clearance isles
The phrase “If it’s not broken don’t fix it” really hit home on this one
You might say it hit the nail on the head
Yeah right zero innovation then. We would be using a stone in hand and not a hammer.
It hammered the point home.
The person 30 000 years ago who thought to add a handle to the stone truly improved the tool immensely.
Only for someone to come and push technology back 3 million years by removing the handle again.
Cut it out with the puns guys, it's a real nail biter
#1 rule of being a mechanic, any tool can be a hammer.
Rule # 2 when your boss wants to pay you 2 hours for 8 hours of work you can use their head as a hammer.
Excect a screwdriver.. which is a chisel 🤣
Ah, the classic "percussive compliance" technique.
@@Willox00 why not both?
As a mechanic, I hate this. Use my pipe wrench as a hammer and I'm gonna weld your exhaust tips shut.
One advantage it has over a traditional hammer is its greatly increased ability to cause both a painful puncture wound and fracture of the pinky finger on your dominant hand.
I can't believe they didn't think to make the contact point bigger than an average hand. I know I've missed a few nails with a proper hammer, so I'm not exactly confident in my aim being perfect.
Yes. 😂
2:10 sounds like the only use for it is plausible deniability. "Oh no officer, it's just a hammer/multi tool, totally not brass knuckles at all!"
I use two of these for rumbling in the 'hood. It works pretty good on straight jabs and upper cuts. I always tell the guy, "It's hammer time!"
And they say..ohhhhhh....ohhhhhhh.oohhhhhh STOP.....the Hammer time!!!!
😂
I think you win the comment competition, brother.
No kidding, bruh. These look like knucks, no lie.
I'm suing you for copyright infringement 😂. That's my line.
I just use a big rock. If my rock breaks I simply refurbish it. This guy isn’t the only genius with a great idea!
Nothing about this is a good idea
If rocks break I just take it back to harbor freight and get a new one
@@Novous
Harbor Freight 😂🥲😂🤣😂
You are killing me!
A rock is actually better as you can pick a big boulder with greater surface area and not put your hand in danger of getting pierced by the nail.
I think a rock would be safer if nothing else! 😂
I can't believe that this DIY tool made it past a test panel as a hammer replacement. It smells of an attempt to sell knuckle dusters in states where those are banned.
And like you said, it's best to use dedicated tools for the job.
It looks like something you'd find at the dollar store.
Had exactly the same thought about knuckle dusters.
It really looks like something you would test 3 times max, that would finish in a dark drawer 😅
Me going through comments to find a mention of Knuckle dusters: success ;p
Nah it's just bait for dumb dads or yuppies who don't really do DIY in any serious capacity. The idea of a multitool is a powerful draw for men because having the most utility in the smallest space/weight possible is appealing. Of course, these tools are always mediocre or worse at all of the things they claim to do.
Ich have not used a nail in way over 20 years now. Torx Screws just do the job for me. So this thing is a decent bottle opener wit crappy extra functions. Thanks for showing it
Some of us learned many decades ago that “all in one” tools are generally good for absolutely nothing. Real craftsman use specialized tools for good reason.
All in one is handy when you have nothing else
@@Mr.Arrows The key word is nothing.
The only decent all-in-one tool is the 7-in-1 painters tool. Everything else is trash. Unfortunately, I've been suckered in buying some of these tools that see no light of day.
@@twinwankel For 50 years we’ve called them 5-in-1s. When did that change?
Painter here, never heard of a "7 in 1". Always been a 5 in 1 lol
It's almost like one of the main reasons that we have a bunch of different tools is that they're all uniquely designed to do what they're intended to do WELL, and as soon as you start trying to combine them all, you put yourself in a situation where you inevitably increase the amount of things a single tool technically "could" do, but every single one of them is absolutely miserable.
That reminds me of the infamous knife-fork-spoon that we sometimes get when buying certain packed lunches in the supermarket 😂
Ever seen a smartphone?
@@souvikpatrahowrah not even remotely the same. It's consolidating technology which is actually valid. It's not trying to consolidate power tools.
a smartphone is not comparable to trying to combine several physical tools into one
you cant really turn a bolt with a hammer
@@JNJNRobin1337 not with today's technology. But we haven't really reached the limits of material science and power density.
So many disadvantages, but the worst of which is damage to the tendons, cartilage, and soft tissue in your hand even if you somehow manage to hit the nail squarely every time.
Thanks for exposing this misbegotten invention.
I actually think this device is intended to cause damage to the tendons, cartilage and soft tissue of other people.
I am almost certain that it is a set of brass knuckles, and the tool functions are there for plausible deniability.
@thepenultimateninja5797 That's a real possibility and a very good point. On a similar note, I remember seeing a car steering wheel lock in a shop one time (UK). It was blatantly a heavy-duty cosh shaped like a rounders bat with a nice foam grip handle at one end to aid swinging it around with some force. It just had a chunk of metal sticking out the other end at a right angle so it could masquerade as a steering lock and you couldn't be accused by the police of having a weapon in your car.
Kind of like when you smash your hand with a regular hammer setting a nail
@@bryandonatonash5506you want to blindly slam your wrist and fleshy side of your hand down onto a nail at full force? -- knock yourself out 😂
The rest of us will be not smashing our fingers (like children) using a regular hammer 😂
@@thepenultimateninja5797 this.
So after thousands of years of improvements someone has made a modern version of the striking rock.
I was just about to say that lmao
I feel like this would work a lot better if it was *heavier* than a hammer usually is. That way it compensates for losing the leverage of a traditional hammer while also not really being more cumbersome considering the weight is centered on your hand rather than on the end of a handle.
yeah the only practical way i see that is widening the whole face all the way around, that way you also remove the potential for smashed palms.
You still get no leverage, though. And you'll be transferring all of that force into your hand.
@@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932 I guess it would still serve a niche purpose in tight spaces where it's difficult to swing a normal hammer. But in that case any heavy, compact piece of metal would serve well enough. Like a small dumbbell would do fine in being heavy and compact, and the weighted end would protect your hand better than this product.
@@kebsis Theoretically, maybe, but that's a *really* niche and specific situation if you A) need a hammer, B) have enough room to swing your arm, and C) don't have enough room to swing a hammer. Especially since the smaller tool would probably need more arm-swinging room than a normal hammer would, to get anywhere close to the same amount of force. It may well end up being the same amount of force in the same amount of space.
Alternatively, you can just take your normal hammer and hold it closer to the end, choking up on the grip a bit. Or even hold the normal hammer in your hand upside-down if you *really* have to. There's no need to invent a whole new overly complex tool; this "invention" is literally just an overenginered version of a rock to bang stuff with. It's the same level of complexity that cavemen and apes have figured out. Heck, you literally *could* just use a rock - it'd probably be more comfortable than this "new invention", too.
Yeah, but then you're losing the benefit of the leverage in that its more work, and fatigues you faster.
The fist shaped hammer is incredible. The hammer fist, not so much. You'd think the principle and advantages of the lever was well known by now.
I really appreciate that you took the time and effort to do a full review of and testing of a tool that I'm sure showed it's flaws and failures really quickly.
Rather than trying it out and just dismissing it as crap you gave it a chance, kudos!
I dismissed it out of hand but I appreciated that he showed why it sucked.
This is insane. A couple of months ago Im at work and we have huge chains and shackles to tie heave equipments to our trailers. I need to remove a safety pin from an harness and I would need an hammer or something to strike it out. I look around and I grab a big shackle that is nearby. Immediatle Im impressed at how well the handle feels when you need to hit something and Im like "Wow this is even better then an hammer". I think about it for a while, like making something out of this. But then of course it just ends there. And now I come across this! It always strikes me when you think you had an amazing idea and suddenly you come across someone who not only already thought about it, but they actually already made it a real thing! 👍
This is the epitome of can't fix what isn't broken
I could imagine this might be useful in very select conditions if the base was flared at the bottom and also had a solid core to add mass. Double the weight.
True but then wouldn’t a simple steel bar work great? A chunk of metal 2” diameter and 5” long.
Yup, I can definitely see it being improved with a few extra guards for the hands and some added weight for better force.
But then some genius is gonna invent a simpler, and lighter-weight design on the end of a short shaft that uses leverage to maximise its lighter weight to create a more concentrated and controlled impact. Maybe he'll call it a 'hammer' or smth, idk 🤷♂️
Ok, and, but bear with me, what if that weight had a short handle so you could fulcrum that weight and it can be moved faster, for a greater impact?
@@masondegaulle5731 Imagine your working a space where you barely have room for your hand let alone a handle.
Having done body work repairs there's been plenty of times where I've had to use weird things as hammers to get a specific place.
@@freedomofmotion If you can get your hand in there, presumably with arm attached, then you can get a lumpy with a short handle in there more easily.
Correct me if I'm wrong but for bodywork primarily a shaped dummy/dolly weight is held in contact on the inside while the sheet metal is worked with the appropriate hammer/mallet from the outside, no?
I love when someone reinvents something that doesn’t need to be reinvented….
Like women?
@@levis569 found another bigot in the comments. High score incoming.
The hammer fist is not a reinvention. It was degressed if anything.
@@MikeyD64 has had "relations" with a ladyboy
@@dustymanjuiice4445 that the new generation style 😂
I can see some uses in the automotive industry side.
Specifically with putting in plastic rivets into wheel wells, or other tight areas where you need a little force in a little space.
Or if the engine oil / transmission pans got bent, or whatever similar pliable material, the flat edge of the hammer can be pretty useful. You can control the force of it and flatten it better.
This handheld hammer thing can be kind of useful, in a precision driver kind of way. Wouldn't use it in lieu of a normal hammer, but as a supplement on I guess... Low impact, high tolerance jobs.
The hammer itself could act as a brace and be put in, or between something to push an object out if you were working on it. For example, if you needed to work under something, let's say a car seat, but don't want to take it out completely, maybe could use this as a brace against it for some room. Or if there's wiring behind a plastic piller and it's just kind of right there and won't damage anything, could use this to push that pillar out while working on that hidden connector.
Maybe it's heavy enough to put a wiring harness through the grippy hole portion of the hammer and essentially rotating the hammer to redirect the wires out of your work area.
The metak on the hammer looks like it protrudes, so in a situation, i can see using that as a scraper of some kind in a left and right motion.
For softer metals, like oil pans that can bend when you pry on them, the flat edges of the hammer could be used to reflatten the edges. The longer flat ends of the hammer could help with fine tuning those warps.
Automotive side, you never really know what situation you'll find yourself in and then realizing "oh, this'll work". I can see this as something in a box that sits there and used a few times a year maybe.
At first I thought it might make for a good camping tool or glove box tool but it seemed to perform so poorly in most of it's uses that I think it would just end up being more frustrating than anything. It's good that honest reviews like this are out there.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Throw it in your bag when going out camping/hiking/whatever so that you'll have something that sort of works better than nothing if needed.
Camping tool is actually a good idea.
I think that is definitely the niche for something like this. It can do a lot of things better than no tool at all, and it's small enough to toss in your glove box/center console, or just to slide into a camping backpack.
I had it as the glove box tool also.
Only around in case of an emergency.
If your are camping it would be more useful a rock
Hammer fist, also doubles as a self defense weapon. Honestly it seems like it would be more effective as a knuckle duster than an actual tool.
Maybe this is actually a loophole since knuckle weapons are illegal to sell.
Yeah, actually, that might be the real gimmick here. Big loophole.
I like the way you think. 🤫
Yep, my first thought.
An actual hammer is better at that job too.
This is perfect for a bug out bag or a kind of emergency do-it-all tool kit. I'm always looking for tools that are smaller with multi functions. I have a tool kit for my truck and a tool kit for home and a tool kit that can fit in a backpack that has all manual/physical tools one would need to build a permanent shelter like a cabin or something similar and this hammer definitely looks useful for this purpose. I personally carry a framers axe that covers my hammer needs but redundancy is another issue and should I loose a tool its nice to have something that can replace it in the same bug out bag and this is perfect for that. Cool little hammer that has a really small profile, I'll have to get one. Thanks for the upload...
I reckon a saw maker had a supply issue with sheet metal during covid and this was the best thing they could come up with just using their handles and the bits of steel they had left.
I think it can be improved upon. For safety, I'd enlarge the striking area of the hammerfist "head" to have it work a bit like a handguard on a sword, thus reducing the chances of the nail hitting the hand. Maybe thickening that part would also add weight and power to the head
I'd also add a handle for leverage. This could be big money!
I think the striking area should especially be expanded towards back right (back left for left-handed version).
When you pound your fist on something, you do not strike with your curled little finger. You strike with the meat between your wrist and your little finger. So the striking area should be below that.
Yeah a single missed or bad swing is gonna tear your flesh away
@@jesuchristo94 genius
@@jesuchristo94 LMFAO
according to a company press release, “It’s a utility tool that turns your fist into steel.” which is a very subtle way of saying that these are in fact only good at being legal brass knuckles.
I mean that's what their going for. This isn't some smart tool to use on the job but something so carry around sketchy areas in England to defend yourself and still have deniability that you're not carrying a weapon.
@@cyan_oxy6734 exactly. but tbh I didn't know england had laws against brass knuckles
@@cyan_oxy6734 couldn't you just carry a hammer in a toolbox in your car?
@@rodrigodeangelis1275 it's much easier and faster to take this "tool" out of your pocket than a hammer
@@user_imyarek but that would definitely have no deniability
You: Hey, how did you get so strong?
Friend : I used the hammer fist as my tool to train.
You : I am getting this right now.
3:05 the nail came out SIDEWAYS 😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
You gotta admit, that's impressive.
If it was intentional that is
As a carpenter for decades, I'm not the only one who has tried this with a different object. And we quickly realized you can't get the right leverage, but more important the vibration is not picked up by the handle, so you're basically hurting your arm.
To make it even somewhat functional you would have to make it like a Shake Weight
"Make it like a shake weight"
So make it even gayer looking?
Battery on the cordless impact lol
@Down with trudeau lol when I started doing drywall years ago we used hilti impacts and we would call it the hilti hammer😂😂😂😂
@@mytubechanneI im think this should be some kind of invention. Battery pack with a steel plate for smashin stuff. Patent pending lol
@@downwithtrudeau facts my dude
Additional tests I would like to see:
Bashing the nail in with your cordless drill. Or screwdriver. Or old 90 deg piece.
Driving the nail with rock/brick you found on the site.
at least those won't find your knuckles lacerated on a miss.
can you imagine being off a half-inch and missing the nail with the cestus but finding it with the edge of your knuckles?
Brick idea works solid, done that several times. Just hit square on, not at an angle.
The only well thought out and superior functionality this multi tool has is the transfer of money- From the inexperienced/fools to the sellers.
@@jordankelly4684an honest man!
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." - Archimedes.
Over 2000 years ago, this mathematical equation was solved, despite it being used as a philosophical point most of the time that it's brought up.
Thank you for the video explaining the Hammerfist, though. I can imagine there may be some extremely niche uses for such a tool but it certainly doesn't replace the base needs a hammer fills.
When swinging a hammer, the closer you hold up the shaft, the more control you get. Further back, the more power
Ok.
sometime people lack row power and would like a little hand from basic physic, others are clumbsy enough to hit a finger of the hand that hold the nail in place and dont want to karate chop a nail head.
@@Undermine5 to swing a 10 to 16 oz hammer takes practice at first. But eventually you get it.
Thanks for the tip.
Like a rock in your hand.
BRILLIANT
But without the weight and durability.
Seriously, you would be better off with the rock.😂😂
hand axe but hammer
It's worse than a rock... With a rock your fingers are safer...
Also a rock is practically free.
You show up with one of these, you’re getting sent home for the day.
Maybe for the job
@@nukefoodsofficial5849maybe just fired
I can just imagine hitting a nail and and the hammerfist sliding off of it and then your fist hitting the nail, all at high speed
That review went about as I expected.
No way I could use that without injury.
Might be okay for an emergency kit when space and weight are at a premium, but for anything else it's not going to be worth it.......
I was worried when he gave that thing to kids, it does *not* look safe
@@dvldog_ i rather use metal cup as a hammer than this anyday lol. i am not handyman but this looks flawed so much. I cant believe some people go through to invent such a thing. I would expect inventors to create things that relate to them and their expertise. This is just horrible.
I think another overlooked problem with the nail puller was that because it was slotted into a recess in the handle, it had a limited depth. anything too long and it would just hit the bottom of the recess.
whereas, with a conventional claw, you can pull a nail whether it's sticking 1/2 inch out of the wood, or 2 inches.
And the hammer can pull it out straighter too. Which is good for us cheapskates who reuse nails!
the main problem I can see with that is hanging up a painting on a wall. if you miss the nail with a normal hammer, you get a small circular hole in drywall, however with this you get a fist-sized hole and the flat end of the nail embedded in your hand
That sounds badass. I'll take 2!
Useless for standard applications, but this seems brilliant for nail pulling and tight spaces.
They had to really stretch with the multitool aspect. It's also bright green for night safety!
Hart sells a pocket sized (16pc) multitool that is a minuature hammer. So, even that doesn't spare it
Hammer time
As someone who nails pallets as a job with a pneumatic hammer and a normal one, I can't imagine working with that even for a week. Like every day I nail about 200-400 nails and this would be my end, both for my hands and my nerves.
I can't safely say that I've used one of your pallets, but I bet they are well-made.
No nailgun?
@@Jefferson-ly5qe Pneumatic is a nailgun. But most of time I finish longer nails with normal hammer that didn't went through. Electric ones are easy to handle but expensive and don't have that much power in my experience.
@@Poodleinacan I do casual ones which most of the time are 120x80 or smaller and there are reinforced ones that are glued and screwed which means you can do some damage to them without noticing any degradation in functionality and those are very special like 250x140cm
A week? I wouldn't think more than an hour... With a half hour lunch break, a fifteen minute smoke break, and a ten minute coffee break, in that same hour...
Having the kids try was good idea because they are (basically) a clean slate for a trial as they've probably never used either items before the test
@Johnny Lee-Hale yeah, they are different, sure, but it still can add useful information. A child and adult have two different views of the world and thus see things very differently. Most children I've met have taught me something at some point and maybe we shouldn't dismiss them so easily in our lives. Kids are great
Same thing I thought. Us adults are all use to the traditional hammer and kids who aren't really use to either can give us a fresh perspective
Plus the kids aren't experienced enough to realize how dangerous this is. When they get hurt, just blame them for not using it properly. Win, win!
The kids generally don't have the hand eye coordination to use a traditional hammer effectively
@@JBG1968 but that was the point, they haven‘t developed the skill with either item so they can give us the most objective perspective on both utensils.
This is basically what for sure existed before the actual hammer. Just a rock.
Next, wheel, reinvented. It's perfectly triangular, with an advantage of never slipping in snow or mud, but it does somewhat affect riding comfort negatively.
Then some other genius later on will invent a 5 pointed star shaped wheel to claim "superior traction in snow or mud" due to "more surface area"
A great example as to why we put handles on striking tools! Whether an Axe, and Pick, or a Hammer, having the momentum gained from adding a handle makes most jobs much easier, and you're not relying on sole strength.
and you dont shatter tour hand if you miss the nail
"it's just a hammer, officer."
I believe it IS the real purpose of this invention. To be a legal knuckle, because "it just a regular tool, officer"
Instead of the handle absorbing the shock, it goes straight to your wrists. Fascinating.
Feels like this is just a way to get around brass knuckle laws more than actually be usefull as a tool
Imagine this after patching up the defects. It'd look exactly like a regular hammer!
I can see just one or two minor changes:
1 relocate the gripping surface to an extended handle.
2 remove the hex driver component.
End result:
A hammer with an integrated bottle opener.
@@nicholaskehler9169This looks more like a legal knuckle.
i must say that this was one of the most honest reviews i have ever seen in a while
WOW That looks awesome!!! Time to grab a box of band-aids and give it a try!
I think this was made as a knuckle duster first, with a well thought out alibi lol
I'm certain that's what it is. I have seen similar items disguised as emergency car window breakers, windshield ice scrapers etc.
Yeah, I have one that's a "meat tenderizer, " just in case I'm ever attacked by a gang of steaks.
With a poorly thought alibis.... #FTFY
Exactly!!! Plausible deniability if caught with one of those in the backpocket.
@@stratometal It's not plausible unless you're actually doing terrible DIY work. That's like telling a cop that you carry a mini bat in case you want to play tiny baseball.
You're a braver man than me using that thing. I still remember the pain of learning to use a hammer when i was younger. It's cringe worthy to think of a nail through a finger at the same time!!!
This seems like a proof of concept that was pushed into production before any usability testing, I can instantly see ways to improve this device to make it at least somewhat usable in a pinch.
Add either a retractable handle that can be pulled out for extra leverage when pulling nails (or a hole so that you can insert something like a screwdriver to get extra leverage), fix the grooves of the nail puller so it doesn't strip the nails its trying to pull, fix the ruler by making zero start at the edge and have longer markings that reach around the bottom handle to easily see them against the surface you are measuring, magnet at the base of the hex driver like he mentions and have it slightly deeper for extra stability when using full sized bits.
Do those improvements and I could see this device as an emergency backup tool you can throw into the trunk of your car or have it in a kitchen drawer to grab when you have to do some light stuff without needing to go to your garage or wherever you store the Grown Up versions of your tools.
Not putting a magnet into the hex slot is pretty mindboggling, it's such a standard feature of these sockets, even with the cheapest drivers you can get.
I have ZERO doubts that marketing, sales AND politics were involved in this 'invention'. Probably a handful of consultants too...
Yeah, i could see it as a useful catchall tool for a pinch if it had those and maybe other improvements.
These products are targeted at people who like to buy weird stuff, they are not intended for normal people
One improvement I'd give it is making the bottom twice as wide, so that the bottom of your hand is protected better, and it would make it heavier (thus more effective) and would increase the accuracy
I think you have covered all basic drawbacks and summed it up pretty well :D Nothing to add. Wonderful review!
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No wonder our ancestors designed a hammer in this way. It works. And it works well.
Man, I should have patented that nearby cinderblock I used in 1972 when nobody was looking to drive a nail instead of walking back to the truck.
What an idiot I was!
wow ur just like nikola tesla being stolen from by thomas Edison
I remember my Dad teaching me at a young age to tip the nail away slightly when setting it. " The hammer falls in an arc when you swing the arm. So don't set it straight because it will bend, angling off center as you try to drive it in. The nail will drive straightening out as it sinks into the wood." -Dad's explanation.
So I am guessing that the same principle applies to using the HammerFist.
"So I am guessing that the same principle applies to using the HammerFist"
The principle one should apply is "Don't fix what isn't broken". The thing is trash and probably marketed to women who struggle to lift a 16oz tool but still want to hang pictures. If you showed up to a job site with this thing you'd be dogged until your dying day.
To be fair, that's all in technique. I've heard this over and over but whenever I try it I end up with crooked nails.
It also depends on what position you hit the nail in. If the hammer is completely flat it'll go straight, if you hit with the hammer up 2-3 degrees you angle the mail twords you, and if your down 2-3 degrees, angle it away from you
I tend to just hold onto the nail with my off hand using a pair of pliers and that will keep it straight when hammering
Assuming it actually worked this way (it doesn't) you'd just be widening the channel the nail is supposed to sit in and increasing the chances of it failing. You hit the nail straight on and it will go straight in, no trick required if you know what you're doing.
When properly swung both a hammer and hammer fist should have all of their arcing momentum transfered solely to downward force.
With proper form a nail set straight should indeed go in straight.
I'm not going to hate on it. His explanation video was informative. I know it cannot necessarily replace the impact of the hammers 3rd class lever action, but in certain jobs it could have its uses.
5:34 It was really cool how you pulled out the nail and then made it "stand" on the wood with only one motion.
It's so smooth, he definitely does that a lot.
Ya jokin?
that's easy
@@TheDoomer666 55 people would disagree. Then again 50 men built the ship and the village watched it set sail so what ya gonna do
My first thought when i saw the thumbnail was "how can that be as good as a hammer if it doesn't have the momentum that a hammer does?" and that thought seems to have been spot on. Using this thing as a hammer is gonna use a lot more force and after repeated use I would expect a lot of forearm, wrist, and hand pain because 100% of the impact is going directly into your hand and arm.
Only if you’re dumb enough to buy and use this piece of garbage….
this tool is brilliant. i bought two, one for each hand. now i can drive a nail in twice as fast. you need to also review the saw fist. i love mine.
Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P had a couple of those, but he wore them further up his arms.
He briefly mentioned it, ignoring the fact that you could put a nail through your hand, a great advantage of the handle is that it will absorb vibration so that your hand doesn't have to. But as someone else mentioned, looks like some killer brass knuckles
Not only does this hammer benefit from not benefiting from physics, if you miss you'll have a nifty injury on your hand due to the force you have to put into it and the nail which has now either impaled your hand or cut it wide open!
Brilliant.
Next step for this designer... design a sword.
0:50 If you slightly miss the nail with a regular hammer, you may bend the nail. If you slightly miss the nail with this thing, the nail will enter your hand. That alone makes this a pretty bad idea.
Could make it wider
@@D9fjg Or you could simply use a hammer.
That was my first thought 😂
Man I would be terrified of shredding the side of my hand. Ouch.
I got that same cringe going on.😱😱😱😱
Exactly. Somebody is gonna get extremely hurt.
Cue in the lawsuits.
@@willg8796 Yes someone is going to get hurt, and that person is whoever gets punched with this disguised set of brass knuckles. The hammer functions are just there for plausible deniability.
He gave to little kids to try 😂
This is the brass knuckles that you can carry and maybe, just possibly not get in trouble.
The first time you miss a nice little lost head panel nail and it beds into that soft bit we call hands this tool becomes a frisbee
My first thought.
becomes a f r i s b e e
This sentence was weirdly difficult to read
@@arax20 too compacted, that's why.
A big downside of this, especially with repeated use, is the amount of shock going into your wrist instead of a handle. How did your wrist feel after doing all these tests?
2:26 the vibrations were being felt right in his hand
Interesting. I have a somewhat similar tool i recently inherited - it's a prototype for a hammer for orthopedic surgery - it's made entirely out of machined metal and has a lot of heft to it, while still being easily lifted and held in one hand. It also has a notch on the top that you can put your pointer finger or thumb in for more stabilization - overall a pretty cool tool.
This video is just making me appreciate how genius the original hammer design is
Hammerfist is for hikers. When you pack all your sleeping, gear micro kitchen clothes and other stuff you might need in 20l or 30l bag and go somewhere far by foot. It's like multi tool. It's not for regular life cases.
Backpacker here!
Not wasting weight on a hammer. I have a boot heel, small logs and rocks for that.
Pocket knife, spork and lighter are the tools I bring. Everything else is extra weight.
The only use case would be tent spikes. Still a highly dangerous waste of time and money
@@Eburfield actually me too. Ropes and knots all you need :)
I can't imagine trying to use this unless you wanted to turn a bottle opener into a weapon at a bar fight.
Best knuckle dusters i seen in a while cant lie
This is what I would call a "fathers day gift" tool
Kinda makes you appreciate just how practical, effective and functional a traditional carpentry hammer is. Still can't design a better one.....Hey, with a modification might make a decent bottle opener.... Errrrrrr, got to the end of the video. Similar minds.👍👍
From this I'm getting that it's a multitool that you could use as a hammer. For everything on a typical multitool, there are substitutes that do the job much better. But for a handyman it'll do in a pinch if that's all he has.
6:16 the hammer fist is so good that you don't even need to touch the nail with it
Are these legal brass knuckles?
I think something like that could be useful as an ergonomic crafting mallet, like for people with mobility problems or something. The bottle opener and ruler stuff can go, but just a very simple handle-shaped soft-ish impact tool might be a nice idea.
They make them in many shapes and sizes. Their called body dollies, and while they are generally used as an anvil, they can be used for tapping and shaping metal where you can't fit a hammer or pry bar. At least, I have misused mine this way.
That's an excellent idea
The "AS SEEN ON TV" of Hammers 📺👀
“It’s a floor polish! AND a dessert topping!” (A really old Saturday Night Live bit.)
@@CantankerousDave 😂😂😂
Yo old people are funny
....oh wait, ...so am I!
That's good, from back in the days when Saturday night live was funny. 👍
Willnotbuylt
An injury waiting to happen, and the lever action of an actual hammer is the reason why it beats this.
Great review though!
Yes it is definitely an injury waiting to happen, but not how you think. This is clearly a set of brass knuckles. The hammer functions are there for plausible deniability.
Back to basics. A modern rock.
So I found out that after I tried it that it sucked so I tried something else and it sucked more but the thing that you are gonna really like is how much it sucks wtf ???
The first Neanderthal to stick a rock on a stick for mechanical advantage is shaking his head so hard right now