Review on Estwing E3 16C Hammer Metal Handle by Jay Aukuso

A person can use many tools, but it takes years to develop a special bond with a hammer. You tend to memorize everything you've built with it and associate those things with that particular hammer. For most of my life I have had a Belknap Blue Grass Hammer with an octagonal walnut handle. I was so pleased I bought the same hammer just in case. I thought I was assigned to Hammer Division for life! And then one horrible day BOTH my hammers were stolen. Now I ask you: which thief stole BOTH your hammers? Don't piss me off Belknap went bankrupt and I couldn't get a second one like this. I really mourned those hammers like one mourns an irreplaceable friend. I had some sort of POS hammer (with a head I hated and a dangling handle). I kept that hammer for many years and scolded it (and that hammer thief) every time I picked it up. Then, when the time finally came, I bought this Estwing 16-ounce curved hammer—a few ounces lighter than my favorite 20-ounce belknap—perhaps in recognition that my hand had shrunk. Estwing swings well! I don't build whole buildings these days, but I've done a few small projects with Estwing and really like it. He does not pass the hammer blow to the hand. The thin claw is able to grab any nail that hasn't been hammered below the surface. That looks pretty nice too. It would be difficult for Superman to detach the head of this hammer from its shaft - it's all solid. Of course, only he could bend it with his bare hands. While Estwing won't let you jump off a tall building with one jump, you can build it and maintain it. in grand style.