Dead-Blow Hammers Reviews

This hammer is the best you will find. The look us similar to the Estwing hammers yet that is where the similarities end. The Vaughan hammer is far superior. The balance is amazing. This hammer swings itself. You will never use another hammer after you get this one. I have numerous hammers, different manufacturers and weights. I always reach for this one. It will drive nails, pull nails, and perform any demolition job you put it to. I have the fancy tuning fork hammers that are supposed to reduce fatigue, I have wooden handled including the hatchet type handled hammers, none perform anywhere near as good as this hammer.

Writing this review has done it for me all my hammers are going to be loaded up and sold at the flea market, no reason to have them laying around rusting.

Don't waste your money on any other hammer buy this one and never buy another hammer, unless you just like it so much you want another one to have as a spare.

Best all around hatchet for many and any use.!!!

I saw the other review and had a different experience. I used this on an old house, and a new house, where I had to pull nails that were sunk so deep they were truely exhumed! It works far better than the pullers you get in HD. I probably pulled a thousand nails, and in the process I have dulled the tips, so am getting a replacement.

Sorry the first review had such a bad experience, but mine was totally different - thus the review.

Excellent tool, really more of a mallet than a hammer. The dead-blow characteristic provides great control.

Stanley does make dead-blow ball pein hammers but they're very hard to find.

And yes, we can get them here in California. (you don't even have to order avocado with it, dude ;-)

I've had one of these for several years and they are indispensable when assembling tight joints. I use a pounding block in most cases, but if your not pounding too hard and it is hardwood, you won't leave any marks. I have used it on metal projects too, but I always use a wood block to protect the plastic hammer.

There is loose shot in oil in the head which hits the hammer just after the hammer hits the work, offsetting the reaction. The dead blow action keeps the hammer from bouncing, which makes it alot easier on your wrist. You get more movement from a lighter blow with this hammer, as the hammer tends to follow the workpiece's direction of travel. A great tool, but I hear you can't buy one in California. (Hammer Control?)

This hammer does not have a milled face like the info said it did. It pings like a piano tuner. Other wise it works fine.