Tack Hammer with Wood Handle, 7oz

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Product Feature

• Hickory handle
• Handle length : 9-1/4"
• Head weight : 7 oz.
• Pull apart exceeds ansi and asme specifications
• Drop forge high carbon steel heads with a tempered striking face

Product Description

Drop forge high carbon steel heads with a tempered striking face. Pull apart exceeds ANSI and ASME specifications.

Tack Hammer with Wood Handle, 7oz Review

What does that mean, "...solid for springy work?"

I'm restoring 38 double-hung sash windows. I bought this to assist in tacking "spring bronze strips" (brass weather-stripping) to the tracks of these old windows to stop the wind. These old window openings have a "jamb" on the sides (where the tracks are) and behind the jamb is a void for the cast-iron counter-weights to travel up and down with the window movement. So in a tall window (5 feet), when you are driving the 1" tacks in at around the halfway point of the vertical height, the jamb is pretty bouncy... it is just a 7/8" piece of board, flexing under the hammer. So at 7 ounces, it is a little heavier than most tack hammers, and that gives you the oomph! to keep the tack driving in rather than the whole board bouncing your hammer back at you. Momentum, and all of that.

I once had a boss in Fort St. John, B.C., who used to say, "Never use force; just go to a bigger hammer." This is the principle I am trying to describe in real terms. The extra weight works wonders.

The other nice thing about this (but takes a little getting used to) is that the front edge (furthest from your hand) of the striking surface is rounded. So if you are trying to drive a tack in a very tight corner, the tack is going to want to bend over away from the hammer. This is there for a purpose; when you are driving your tack home that last smack, you are striking with the smaller part of the head that is flat, and this bit of round keeps you from smacking a dent into your work. So my brass strips are staying "pristine" much more than they were with a claw hammer.

I really like it. (Oh... have some Goof Off or similar handy to get all the glue and labels off of it!)

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