How many hammers do you think one needs?

Nov 07, 2009 44 Replies

If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:39:58 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone scrawled the following:

Yeah, so you said a few days ago. I checked it out in the Amazone when I first saw the title, and I knew that I shouldn't buy it. It might make me break out both crowbars to get to a credit card, and I'd spend my hard earned cash/credit on a tool I'd never use. I collect and use 'users', TYVM.

-- The Smart Person learns from his mistakes. The Wise Person learns from the mistakes of others. And then there are all the rest of us...

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1 2lb club hammer of unknown manufacture 1 Stanley 20oz claw (This gets used the most) 1 Stanley 1lb ball pein 1 Stanley 6oz cross pein 1 Stanley 3.1/2ox cross pein 1 Wooden mallet 1 Thor size "A" copper/hide mallet 1 polyurethane "soft" mallet.

All the other hammers I had lying around I gave away to:

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whom I am a volunteer refurbisher.

If I need anything different I can always borrow from the above (we've always got "hundreds" in our workshop) or from my blacksmith daughter.

You Guys Suck :^}

You got me thinking and digging around:

- Two Previously mentioned Metal Handled Craftsman Claw Hammers

- Fiberglass Handled Stanley Claw, also inherited from my dad

- Blade handled Stanley claw, gift

- One wood handled claw, source unknown

- Four varying sized ball-peen hammers

- Two small, wood handled tack/claw hammers

- One small-headed tack hammer

- One plastic head mallet

- Two maple/walnut chisel/carving mallets that I turned a few years ago

- Rubber mallet

- And since you guys get so picky, three sledge hammers ranging for 4 to 10 pounds (plus a 10 pound splitting maul)

- Meat tenderizing mallet in kitchen

So there!

RonB

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