Let's see your favorite claw hammers

[garry3]

Vaughn showed up today. It's 16 oz , the poll is about 3/16" to 1/4" longer than most of my others with about the same size face.

What looks like scratches on the head is just in the lacquer that the head is dipped in. I will be putting up some trim next week and will remove the laquer on the face before I try it out.

 

[Hickory n steel]

L-R that third one looks like a long handled Plumb? I really like that one.

Bill

Nope, they're all Vaughan & Bushnell and that one is a 999ml.

What you see here is the 10oz #9, 16oz #99, the 20oz #999ML, and the 24oz 505M.
M= milled face, L= long handle, ML = both.

 

[sceva]

My favorite hammer is an almost 50 year old Craftsmen headliner ripping hammer. I have others but this is the one I always grab.

I don't have a photo of mine but it looks like this only a lot more used. It still has the original handle and it is still tight.

I have always had a preference for a straight claw over a curved claw. Probably goes back to my teenage days helping a neighbor build a pole barn with a corrugated metal roof. He made sure we both had straight claws and told me that should I slip ( there was light snow) I should use the hammer as a pick, hit the roof hard and hang on.

 

[Hickory n steel]

My favorite hammer is an almost 50 year old Craftsmen headliner ripping hammer. I have others but this is the one I always grab.

I don't have a photo of mine but it looks like this only a lot more used. It still has the original handle and it is still tight.

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That's the " hammertooth " as I've always called it that I have, mine is a 60's era.
I could swear they were once called the Hammertooth but have no clue where I got that and can not turn up anything online.
I distinctly remember seeing them in an old catalog scan, they were the hickory with black rubber grip.

Anyway they're made by V&B and are essentially a modified #999 , an awesome hammer.
Actually my favorite go-to claw hammer really because I find that mini nail puller useful.

 

[veeteetee]

Billnäs carpenter hammer from the 1940s:

With Mariefors Bruk (Kellokoski) 12 axe from the same era:

 

[I'mSoSharp]

Billnäs carpenter hammer from the 1940s:

I know that as a “Roofing”, “Roofers” or “Slat” hammer (German “Latthammer”).

Below, a delicate 1.7kg / 3.7lb finely balanced claw hammer. . (That's a full size 90mm S.A.K).

 

[garry3]

That's the biggest claw hammer I have ever seen. Pretty sure there is a steel face there or what's left of one.

It reminds me of this video I came across the other day and I will share it here for those hammer geeks that may enjoy it.

These hammers are very expensive...

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAYYdz
Can anyone tell me what kind of hammer this is? I bought it in Florida.

 

[Hickory n steel]

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAYYdz
Can anyone tell me what kind of hammer this is? I bought it in Florida.

looks foreign, and I don't really know squat about most Axes and hammers from foreign countries.

 

[rjdankert]

BIG CLAW HAMMERS?

The biggest I have is a Billnäs. I cannot find a model number on it. It is similar (if not the same) as the one posted by V veeteetee in post #45.

Here it is with the second biggest I have, a Vaughan 999L - 20 oz.

Billnäs total 1.181 kg (41.659 oz.) Vaughan total 0.725 kg (25.574 oz.)

Balance

Billnäs 1928 catalog snip

Vaughan 2023 webpage snip

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Bob

 

[veeteetee]

My Billnäs shown in #45 weighs 1169 grams. Seems me and rjdankert have the same model, the only difference is that mine is totally unused

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

I

looks foreign, and I don't really know squat about most Axes and hammers from foreign countries.

I was thinking it to be a railroad hammer of sorts….
Thanks for the feedback!

 

[garry3]

I

I was thinking it to be a railroad hammer of sorts….
Thanks for the feedback!

I thought it looked like a tinners hammer.
Not something I know anything about so I'm probably wrong.

 

[garry3]

This Stanley is my largest claw hammer. There is a name for them that escapes me at the moment. Lots of them I see are Bell System stamped and they are not uncommon. Must have been a use for those wedge shaped claws.

It weighs 2lb 8oz on the 13" haft. The haft is pretty thick and to rounded, it feels awful in my hands, hate at first grip.

 

[Hickory n steel]

This Stanley is my largest claw hammer. There is a name for them that escapes me at the moment. Lots of them I see are Bell System stamped and they are not uncommon. Must have been a use for those wedge shaped claws.

It weighs 2lb 8oz on the 13" haft. The haft is pretty thick and to rounded, it feels awful in my hands, hate at first grip.

It's a straight claw Linesmans hammer.

 

[the-accumulator]

Billnäs carpenter hammer from the 1940s:

With Mariefors Bruk (Kellokoski) 12 axe from the same era:

BIG CLAW HAMMERS?

The biggest I have is a Billnäs. I cannot find a model number on it. It is similar (if not the same) as the one posted by V veeteetee in post #45.

Here it is with the second biggest I have, a Vaughan 999L - 20 oz.

Billnäs total 1.181 kg (41.659 oz.) Vaughan total 0.725 kg (25.574 oz.)

Balance

Billnäs 1928 catalog snip

Vaughan 2023 webpage snip

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Bob

I think those claw hammers with one extra long claw are German Latthammers.
These are two nearly new Estwings that I found recently at a pawn shop. One bears a warning label written in German. T-A

 

[rjdankert]

I think those claw hammers with one extra long claw are German Latthammers

Nope, Finnish Nenänpoimijaa


Bob

 

[the-accumulator]

Nope, Finnish Nenänpoimijaa


Bob

You expect me to believe that that's really a word?! Just kidding...T-A

 

[I'mSoSharp]

I know that as a “Roofing”, “Roofers” or “Slat” hammer (German “Latthammer”).

Nope, Finnish Nenänpoimijaa

Obviously there are many languages in the world that will have a name for one. Germany seems to be where they're popular.
This is a nice old unmarked one I have.

 

[Hickory n steel]

So what's the purpose for the design with that 1 extra long thin claw ?