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Average Customer Review: 4.5

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I love my Estwings - nice little pounder here Oct 06, 2011
By Peter Tomlinson "parts_guy"
No, it's not a 12 pound sledge hammer. This is great for hand drilling and even breaking up smaller stuff. They may not sell it for that, but mine has taken on a lot of work over the years and while it doesn't quite look new any more, it's given great service and has a lot more still in it. Wouldn't trade it for anything. It has good weight and balance and used within its known size limitations, you can't beat it.

Life is is too short... Sep 16, 2010
By Circle_of_confusion
I have been using cheaper Stanleys and Plumbs for 30 years. How silly of me. This hammer is a charm, very comfortable, maybe the handle could be a little longer, but then it would jam my leg as I carried it on my belt. "Indulge" yourself with better tools...as an American working man(woman), you're a dying breed. It really is a shame, isn't it? We' re so disconnected. Nothing like a good "beater" or "mauler", as we say. That, and an old HP calculator...

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Useful Size For Many Jobs Feb 25, 2006
By J H Murphy "Hank Murphy"
Sometimes you really need an eight-pound sledgehammer - driving 60d fasteners into railroad ties, for instance. But a sledge is awkward to carry around, and that's where this Estwing works out. It's about the size of a typical framing hammer, and it fits into my truck tool kit without taking up too much space. I last used it for knocking apart a truck bumper from a rusted mount, for example. Useful for driving a masonry chisel through clay brick, or a sandstone formation at the edge of a retaining wall foundation. And it's just a handy little persuader for many odd jobs.

Remember the old saying, though: "Don't force it, get a bigger hammer!" There's a lot of truth to that - you are much more likely IMHO to injure yourself using a 16-oz hammer for a job which needs more force than you will with this hammer. At the same time, get out the sledge for the really big jobs - safer in the long run.

Three pounds is about the right size for me - this comes in 2- and 4-pound varieties, too, and there's a long-handled 4-lb version.

I give this four stars because it's very useful when used for the appropriate job, but it does have limits.

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