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the handle is about the same blue as this page shows.... |
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There are one of the exceptions; good for them !
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Different hammers for different things, plus I give them away a lot. My grandmother never let anyone work on her house with cheap Chinese hammers, so she always gave one of the Vaughn or Craftsman hammers to the guys doing the work. I do the same.
Whenever I go to Illinois, she'll give me 5-6 of them, since she still gets them free from the factory. Lifetime warranty on them too, and they are sold at Sears & Lowe's. |
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I have 2 cousins who work there now. |
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And on and on and on... They even make axes and hatches, which I also have. Quote:
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I don't recall Vaughn being available up here. I've been an Estwing junkie all my life. Got a slew of 'em for different jobs, and the hatchets are tops. And the only time I've had to buy a replacement was when some douche stole them. They are like candy to theives!
And I do believe they are still made in the States. |
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My Dad's got an Estwing hatchet. I used to split kindling with it when we burned wood in the stove. Boogers tough as nails, alright. |
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Thing is, you can look at steel and 90% of the time you can just tell by the way it looks if it's worth a shit. I was in a tool shop just the other day where almost everything was a Chinese import and it all just looked cheap. Screw drivers and the like, not such a big deal, but compare a HF pipe wrench to a Ridgid and tell me there isn't a visible difference in quality.
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Hey, I shop at HF all the time,bought two side grinders there 5 years ago and they still work fine.
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Exactly, if we send all our manufacturing elsewhere, who's left to buy it here? We need to restore our quality manufacturing. Sure, it will cost us more, but, if the items work better, last longer, and keep people employed, it's worth it in the long run. |
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Just bought some deep well 3/8" sockets for $13.00 a set. If it breaks, take it back. |
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but from a carpenters perspective...and, I bet I've swung a hammer more...and banged more mails, than ANYONE here x100000000000...... nothing, and I mean NOTHING beats a wood handle hammer. those steel handle hammers will wear your arm, wrist & shoulders out. not from weight, but from the recoil that travels from the steel. and no...the leather wrapping on the Estwing doesn't help. also, fiberglass handle hammers are junk. they do absorb some recoil impact, but they splinter and those splinters WILL end up in your hand. Wood handle hammers are the way to go for anyone who swings regularly...hickory being the favorite of most seasoned carpenters. but, even a cheap ass Chinese 16 oz claw hammer with a wood handle is better than the best and most expensive hammer w/ steel or glass handle. |
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