Can someone please explain to me how a 15oz manual hammer can cost ~$250 retail or ~$150 at Woot pricing? I understand that it has a replaceable striking head plate, but how many other quality hammers like Estwing ($25) would I even damage so severely to get remotely at this price point. Just don’t get it!
If it’s the same one as this listing on Home Depot, then it’s made of titanium. I’m guessing that jacks the price up because of it.
Maybe someone who works with such tools can clarify.
(Please note: I don’t work for Woot, I just volunteer to help out here on the forums.)
Yeah, it’s titanium and the handle is unobtainium I think.
What makes it worth the money is the beer bottle opener built into the handle.
You’ll never have to look for that bottle opener while pounding those nails again!
Also, when attending carpenters parties and comparing hammers, you’ll always win.
Thank you for the candid banter daveinwarshington, I must have missed the beer cap opener, completely explains the price point, as does the bragging rights about who has the better hammer!
I hear the best carpenters have the best tools. They get the job done
I hear you can only charge an maximum hourly rate of what you paid for your hammer.
I suppose that’s true, the customer is actually paying for the craftsman to use his tool.
@ bsmith1, This just makes so much sense to me, thank you!
According to Home Depot’s web page for this hammer, the weight specification reads: “15 oz Titanium Hammer is 45% less weight…”) Try to wrap your head around that for a minute.
So, is this a 33-ounce hammer that weighs 15 ounces, or is it a 15-ounce hammer that actually weighs 8.25 ounces?
Huh. Well, math is hard, even for the Home Depot. I don’t want to think about it too hard because it will just give me a headache.
Hammers explained…
It’s a 15 oz Titanium framing hammer that is equivalent in practical use to a traditional steel framing hammer weighing about 23 oz.
Because this is a framing hammer, someone could easily be swinging this hammer a lot. This is hard work and is rough on joints like elbows… Additionally, this hammer is supposed to have a replaceable steel head.
That’s why someone would pay $200+ dollars for titanium hammers… The best tools cost $.
Sincerely, Dr Hammer.
Thank you for the explanation. I appreciate it.
Maybe this could be part of @lioncow’s next Woot logic puzzle.
If Mort the framer uses his hammer 5 days a week for 7.5 hours a day and pounds 500 nails an hour…
I do believe that what @Wooter396966915 (good grief, please get a username after you get the hammer) said is accurate. If you used a hammer all day every day for professional work you’d want the best, and the best costs money. I wouldn’t want this for my weekend warrior projects, but a professional very well might.
I have a titanium hammer, its a cheaper one, but I’ve had it for about 4 years. When you have tool belt on and you are climbing up and down ladders the weight difference is huge. Also my elbow thanks me when I’m swinging it all day. No one would ever question spending $150 on a drill they use every day, why is a hammer any different? It is the one tool that when someone else uses it they immediately buy one because its that good. Titanium is so light its brain melting. I have hickory handle stiletto flat faced framer if anyone cares. I’m a cheap person, I picked it up for $80 as a Christmas present to myself, no regrets.
