"Zephyr" an address @ some place .com wrote in
:

A hammer is about as personal a tool as you can get.
more so than a saw or drill. a hammer speaks to who you are and how
you work.

no one hammer is better than the other.

I like a light hammer, others prefer heavy weighted hammers.
I like a wood handle, others prefer composite or steel.

different styles for different uses.

personally I think the milled faces are for people who can't swing
straight... but that's just me.

Dave





"mm" wrote in message
...
Are pretty claw hammers better? By pretty, right now I'm thinking of
the ones with corners on the shank just below the hammer head. Does
that shape mean they are made with a different, better method?

Or maybe they are made with a cheaper method but made with corners to
imitate better ones?

Or is the shape just a style and nothing more?

There are also hammers with 8 sided heads, rather than circular. For
some strange reason I can't put my finger on, I don't like them.
That's just a style, right?

I've never broken a hammer, even one that I'm sure was cheap. But I
have had one or two where there was something wrong with the V
between the claws and they didn't grip nails with small heads well.





...the milled faces are for people

My grandmother from the old country used to beat the **** outta steaks
on her metal kitchen table with some mill faced hammer before cooking.
Funny looking hammer. It had a claw. Might have been a shoemakers
hammer. Never had a steak equal or better since she died.