One Sexy Stiletto

Heritage

My carpenter has one of these...and I'm thinking of getting this for myself for X-mas


http://store.stilettotools.com/Detail.bok?no=57


I absolutely love framing with this hammer. It feels ridiculously light but it packs a mean punch. I'll load a 3" nail, slam it and drive it home in one swing...awesome

Any of you have this?
Anything you don't like about it?
Any hammer you prefer over this one?

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Mbskye

The price, I could buy a whole bunch of nice hammers for that price. I have a friend who has one ( got it as a gift, he wouldnt pay that much for one either) & he loves it, but I personaly find it hard to bite that much off for a hammer.

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wallmaxx

I use the 15oz Ti-Bone. Best hammer ever, in my 28 years of swingin'

Mike

BuiltByMAC

If I was still framing, I'd have a titanium hammer - either Stiletto or Daluge. Stiletto has the benefit of replacement heads. For as much as I use a hammer, a FUBAR works just fine.

The price works itself out either in increased speed/energy in building or reduced medical bills for a blown out elbow or wrist.

Mac

Nail banger

estwing hammertooth for me

osborn

I have a question about these. I framed for ten years. I mostly used my hammer to beat things in place. For nailing I used a gun. I m just curious.

buildenterprise

And the question is......

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Pavola

Vaughn Titanium - I like the nail set better plus it's almost a third of the price.

Timuhler

I've used that hammer (Tibone) since 2001 and love it and wouldn't trade it for anything.

I hand nail a fair amount and while it is a luxury, its like a good pair of shoes, there really isn't a substitute. I frame/side every day, and I like to have comfortable shoes since I'm in them everyday, same with a hammer.

Trimwerx

Same here

kgphoto

While I use a gun, there is still a little hand nailing necessary on each project. If I really need to hit something hard, I use a sledge. Less wacks.

If I was hand framing all day, the Hart Californian Framer is the sweetest hitting hammer I have ever used.

Greg Di

I have a Stiletto and wouldn't trade it for anything. I don't hand any anything too much anymore, but I still need a hammer on my belt for banging things around.

Aside from driving nails effortlessly, the real advantage of the Stillettos is that they are really light to carry around all day. They are so light, you don't even notice the thing swinging from your belt. At the end of the day, at the end of the week, that weight savings makes a significant difference to your body.

Light is fast. Fast is light.

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DUSE

20 yeras ago ,an old boss told me " Get rid of that hammer ,its gonna mess up your wrist and elbow
I swung a 28oz for 15 more years,,,DumbA$$.
I sleep with pain,I wake up with pain.

DrewD

Just bought mine, wow, thats all I got to say. Its like no other hammer out there. The price might scare most guys away, but they don't know what their missing.

Stiletto

I can't think of a better hammer

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deckman22

That's the truth, those estwings will give you tennis elbow bad. Had it for a year, doc kept giving me anti-inflamory pills that never worked. Finally he gave me some roids that knocked it out in a week. Flared up a few years later, told the doc skip all that other crap & give me the roids.

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2ndGen

http://www.toolking.com/ZoomImage.as...e-bed17c8e8b8e


My toy.

Shellbuilder

I you realy want one of those hammers wait until the IBS show or a JLC event, they usualy discount those to about 170.00 Bought mine last year at the Orlando show.

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Putty Truck

Dang carpenters. Every time I look at that thread title, a red light goes on in my brain and dancing girls float above my head. Stupid hammer.

KillerToiletSpider

HA!

I paid my Snap-On dealer $90.00 for a deadblow ball pein hammer, beacuse I was tired of packing lead joints on a ladder and having the hammer bounce back at my forehead.

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