One Hammer to Rule Them All?

[epiphanist1248]

@SouthernCross I've been afraid to use a dead-blow hammer because I was worried it wouldn't stand up well to hitting something small and narrow, like a hole punch or rivet setter. Has yours stood up pretty well? (And okay, at $5 I could consider it disposable, but I don't have time to run out to HF every week.)

@ChasCS Thanks!

[SouthernCross]

Just now, epiphanist1248 said:

@SouthernCross I've been afraid to use a dead-blow hammer because I was worried it wouldn't stand up well to hitting something small and narrow, like a hole punch or rivet setter. Has yours stood up pretty well? (And okay, at $5 I could consider it disposable, but I don't have time to run out to HF every week.)

@ChasCS Thanks!

Yessir, it's held up just fine.  I've beat on everything in my garage with it...hard! - truck ball joints, motorcycle, you name it.  It's probably 7 or 8 yrs old.

[ChasCS]

13 minutes ago, epiphanist1248 said:

@SouthernCross I've been afraid to use a dead-blow hammer because I was worried it wouldn't stand up well to hitting something small and narrow, like a hole punch or rivet setter. Has yours stood up pretty well? (And okay, at $5 I could consider it disposable, but I don't have time to run out to HF every week.)

@ChasCS Thanks!

I know it's not a definitive answer to your question, but it gives us a pretty fair evaluation, of what others here are using.

 

I should post a pic of my own collection. I have 15 various hammers: also my 

3 different sizes of Garland water buffalo rawhide mallets. 

http://www.garlandmfg.com/mallets/rawhide.html

I French Saddlers hammer,

https://www.csosborneleathertools.com/product_detail.php?p_id=220

1 cobblers hammer and two mauls. Even a CS Osbourne leather crafters fitting hammer.

https://www.csosborneleathertools.com/product_detail.php?p_id=208

Yeah, they all have a place in my leather tool collection, with various or very specific uses.

Is there a definitive one? No, not at all... ;-)

Chas