"Ooh, want to learn to defend yourself against pointed sticks, do we? Gettin' all high and mighty, eh?"
Posted on 03/16/2015 1:22:16 PM PDT by w1n1
I bent an Estwing, once. Give me a good Stanley I-Beam with overstrike protection.
The ultimate weapon if somebody comes at you with a board with a nail in it.
"Ooh, want to learn to defend yourself against pointed sticks, do we? Gettin' all high and mighty, eh?"
Parked next to the bed.
Keeps the `21 company.
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That ASP baton is great for whats intended for. In certain jurisdictions though the stubby claw hammer is far easier to explain away. I try not to carry what I can’t explain away. Not always but I try. I always figure that LE will get involved at some point and I will have to explain myself. No law against carrying a ball peen hammer yet.
Where do you live that you can’t carry that baton?
“I’m only going to use my thumb”...
Seriously, though...I have a flashlight on my belt that is equally effective and would pass most security.
I don’t know how you did that. I’ve used the rigging axe to pry against nails and pry boards apart against the side of the neck nearly to the point of breaking and never put a bend in it. I’ve done everything you can conceivably do in construction with the straight claw hammer.
http://www.my-self-defense.com/expandable-baton-laws.html
http://www.my-self-defense.com/expandable-baton-laws.html#californiajumpto
They consider it a “dangerous weapon” along the lines of a blackjack,billy or sap.
The revised codes are PENAL CODE
SECTION 22210-22295 which is a misdemeanor for possession and I could see it ratcheted up to felony assault depending on the circumstances it was used in. Ain't California law great./s This is definitely a risk in larger metro areas like LA or SF unless you take off immediately after using it. TTS (Tune em up, Take off and Shut up)
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=22001-23000&file=22210-22295
Yeah! Estwing 22 oz. long-handle straight claw. Best framing hammer in the world, imo.
+1 for the 22 Eastwing. You can build up or tear down anything with that badboy.
It was done in deconstruction. We were told to demo a room. This was in the military. Given free reign like that, a couple of guys started hurling hammers through walls. Pretty soon, all the hammers are being thrown until there isn’t enough drywall to make it fun. An Estwing hit a stud and took a gentle curve to one side. It was actually a bit of an ergonomic improvement.
Amen to that! I started with a 22 oz. smooth face because we were doing siding as well as framing. A couple of years later I got the rigging axe with the waffle face and then another 22 oz. with the waffle face.
After about eight years of daily use I lost my original smooth face. Left it on top of my full bed tool box at the end of a long day. So I ground the waffles off of the other one. About ten years after that I found a near new smooth face lying on a dirt road in the middle of Nowhere, NM so I took a file and a hacksaw to the other one and re-waffled it.
It was actually a bit of an ergonomic improvement.
I can see how that would work. The one complaint I've heard is that an all steel hammer is more likely to cause carpenter's elbow than wooden handled hammers but I never got it.
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