If you prefer the feel of a wooden hammer handle, try the low-cost Estwing MRW25LM Sure StrikeFraming Hammer. The vibration-dampening hickory wood handle feels comfortable in your hand, and the ...

Normally, those heavy jobs require a heavy hammer. A traditional Estwing framing hammer (with more than 40 years of use on it). The head and handle are formed from one piece of steel.

Estwing was founded by Swedish immigrant Ernest O. Estwing nearly a century a go. Ernest had a talent for forging hammers from one solid piece of hardened steel and the rest as they say is history.

Choose a medium weight hammer (10-12 oz.) with a rip claw. This will cover almost every task you can imagine. The Estwing hammer with leather grip has survived the test of time and are forged of ...