Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
I'm a rough framer, and I hammer a lot.
My current hammer was $16 my last two hammers were $30 each and were really nice. I now have the cheaper one because it is just as good and wasn't on the market when I got the others. Back to the item I really want. It is a $200 titanium hammer it feels better than mine, is lighter than mine and would be easier to use. But it is just too much, too over the top for what I need. I still want it though.
I knew it was titanium hammer the second you said hammer!

My dad bought the Ti7 hammer from Deadontools for my brother-in-law (he works as a framer, and if you make a living doing this stuff you owe it to yourself to buy a titanium hammer. it really is something special)
http://www.deadonstore.com/tools.htm Retails for $300, though my dad got a deal by buying from another vendor. He put a lot of effort into finding THE best hammer on the market.

Funny thing is, the shaft broke at the head and the head flew off after about 2 dozen hits first day on the job. Turns out something was defective. My dad returned it to the vendor, who gave him the option to exchange for another hammer, which he did. He got a Stiletto hammer, which seems to be the hammer of choice among his fellow framers