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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: swervncarz on November 12, 2015, 09:26:12 AM

Title: Odd Claw Hammer
Post by: swervncarz on November 12, 2015, 09:26:12 AM

Anyone ever see another hammer like this? This was a first for me! Handle doesn't go through the head, the head is solid on top & bolts onto handle.

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Title: Re: Odd Claw Hammer
Post by: gibsontool on November 12, 2015, 09:34:17 AM

First for me 2

Title: Re: Odd Claw Hammer
Post by: turnnut on November 12, 2015, 11:05:46 AM

 looking at the style of washer and bolt, I would say that they are a replacement for the original fastener.

 I have an old hammer like that, but it looks like a rivet, not a bolt.

Title: Re: Odd Claw Hammer
Post by: Papaw on November 12, 2015, 11:44:10 AM

Strap hammer. Our member Scott Grandstaff makes some outstanding examples.
http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ (http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/)

Title: Re: Odd Claw Hammer
Post by: Lostmind on November 12, 2015, 12:46:32 PM

Only ones I've seen are the ones Scott made. First hammer I've seen where the handle doesn't go through the head , other than one piece steel handle types.
Probably designed to protect the handle.

Title: Re: Odd Claw Hammer
Post by: Northwoods on November 12, 2015, 01:01:07 PM

I saw an unusual hammer much like that one this am.  Larger, though.  One head suited for pounding railroad spikes; the other was a pickaxe.  And the tabs were front and back, rather than side and side.  The handle would fit into a 3/4" recess.
I never saw one like it before, but I can see that it could be useful if rookies were missing the spike as often as hitting it.

Title: Re: Odd Claw Hammer
Post by: Bill Houghton on November 12, 2015, 02:13:02 PM

I've seen drawings, but never even pictures except here.  It was, as I understand it, one of the attempts to solve the problem of handles snapping off while pulling nails, more or less overcome by the Maydole adze eye design until recent years, when some of the old ideas have been resurrected in new forms.

Title: Re: Odd Claw Hammer
Post by: international3414 on November 12, 2015, 03:47:01 PM

i had a similar one,with the straps on the top/bottom,.not sides