Just bought a pair of Silverline ball peen hammers - a 32 oz and a 40
oz. The weights felt wrong so I weighed them - and the 32 oz weighs
MORE than the 40! Both have the weight printed on the head. Supplier
keeps trying to replace the '40' but they supply a hammer weighing 36
oz including the handle.

My understanding is that hammer weights refer to the head but cannot
find references to that - did I dream it? Can anyone confirm it?

AWEM

On 08/05/2010 21:16, Andrew Mawson wrote:
Just bought a pair of Silverline ball peen hammers - a 32 oz and a 40
oz. The weights felt wrong so I weighed them - and the 32 oz weighs
MORE than the 40! Both have the weight printed on the head. Supplier
keeps trying to replace the '40' but they supply a hammer weighing 36
oz including the handle.

My understanding is that hammer weights refer to the head but cannot
find references to that - did I dream it? Can anyone confirm it?

It is my understanding as well but like you I can't find an
authoritative reference.

Given that the weights are still quoted in Imperial it seems that this
is a subject that the Metric Thought Police have yet to visit with the
corollary that the younger generation might be sufficiently clueless
about the exact nature of pounds and ounces to just get the weight wrong
or even to consider any lettering cast into the head mere decoration. :-)

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Andrew Mawson"
saying something like:

My understanding is that hammer weights refer to the head but cannot
find references to that - did I dream it? Can anyone confirm it?

Of course it's true.

Andrew Mawson wrote:
Just bought a pair of Silverline ball peen hammers - a 32 oz and a 40
oz. The weights felt wrong so I weighed them - and the 32 oz weighs
MORE than the 40! Both have the weight printed on the head. Supplier
keeps trying to replace the '40' but they supply a hammer weighing 36
oz including the handle.

My understanding is that hammer weights refer to the head but cannot
find references to that - did I dream it? Can anyone confirm it?

AWEM

What is the handle made of?

Dave

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Andrew Mawson wrote:
Just bought a pair of Silverline ball peen hammers - a 32 oz and a
40
oz. The weights felt wrong so I weighed them - and the 32 oz
weighs
MORE than the 40! Both have the weight printed on the head.
Supplier
keeps trying to replace the '40' but they supply a hammer weighing
36
oz including the handle.

My understanding is that hammer weights refer to the head but
cannot
find references to that - did I dream it? Can anyone confirm it?

AWEM

What is the handle made of?

Dave

Hickory

AWEM

Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message

What is the handle made of?

Dave

Hickory

Why I asked, was that it had crossed my mind that the handle may have
been made of metal, like the Stanley range sometimes have. So I was
wrong there.

Looking back at your original post, the penny has dropped. The extra
weight has come from the handles. 2 lb hammer has to have a much more
substantial handle than my 1 lb one, so an extra 8 oz looks about right.
As an apprentice, I could not use a 2 lb hammer for very long and even a
1.5 lb was very tiring at first.

Dave

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message

What is the handle made of?

Dave

Hickory

Why I asked, was that it had crossed my mind that the handle may
have
been made of metal, like the Stanley range sometimes have. So I was
wrong there.

Looking back at your original post, the penny has dropped. The extra
weight has come from the handles. 2 lb hammer has to have a much
more
substantial handle than my 1 lb one, so an extra 8 oz looks about
right.
As an apprentice, I could not use a 2 lb hammer for very long and
even a
1.5 lb was very tiring at first.

Dave

No - the handles are identical! These are heavy hammers for thumping
white hot steel on an anvil.

AWEM

Andrew Mawson wrote:
Just bought a pair of Silverline ball peen hammers - a 32 oz and a 40
oz. The weights felt wrong so I weighed them - and the 32 oz weighs
MORE than the 40! Both have the weight printed on the head. Supplier
keeps trying to replace the '40' but they supply a hammer weighing 36
oz including the handle.

My understanding is that hammer weights refer to the head but cannot
find references to that - did I dream it? Can anyone confirm it?

AWEM


If you Gogle for "hammer classified by weight of the head" - without the
quotes - you will get a bunch of websites that agree with your assertion.

HTH

Andrew Mawson wrote:

Just bought a pair of Silverline ball peen hammers - a 32 oz and a 40
oz. The weights felt wrong so I weighed them - and the 32 oz weighs
MORE than the 40!

Silverline! im surprised that you are surprised.
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