Here's a pretty fancy modern hammer made in China for Ultimate Survival Technologies. The brass head doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but hey, its a good-looking tool. I'd probably just hang it on the wall.
Some dated sales literature from walmart says "Brass head absorbs shock" but I suspect it might have been more for looks. Nice hammer and I'd hang it on my wall too.
"Classic design and rugged materials make the UST Heritage Camp Hammer a versatile tool for the campsite. Brass head absorbs shock. Steel pick end provides prying options for removing tent stakes and other heavy-duty tasks. Wooden handle with leather wrist lanyard provide comfortable and secure grip."
While looking through a UST catalog I found out that what I thought was the "folding gardening trowel" I got at a garage sale and have been using for years is really a "folding camp shovel" designed for burying human waste in the woods, so thanks for that. Yuck.
It has that trendy look gratuitously called "tactical" these days, and as a blunt force tool it looks pretty feeble. I can well imagine it bouncing back uselessly from whatever it hits. Perhaps the denser brass bit goes some way to make it less ineffectual.
It really lost some appeal for me when it was listed as a "camp hammer". So... drive in a few tent pegs... pull them up again. What else can it do? and that from a company called ultimate survival technologies. In all fairness it is discontinued...
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Some dated sales literature from walmart says "Brass head absorbs shock" but I suspect it might have been more for looks. Nice hammer and I'd hang it on my wall too.
"Classic design and rugged materials make the UST Heritage Camp Hammer a versatile tool for the campsite. Brass head absorbs shock. Steel pick end provides prying options for removing tent stakes and other heavy-duty tasks. Wooden handle with leather wrist lanyard provide comfortable and secure grip."
While looking through a UST catalog I found out that what I thought was the "folding gardening trowel" I got at a garage sale and have been using for years is really a "folding camp shovel" designed for burying human waste in the woods, so thanks for that. Yuck.
It has that trendy look gratuitously called "tactical" these days, and as a
blunt force tool it looks pretty feeble. I can well imagine it bouncing back
uselessly from whatever it hits.
Perhaps the denser brass bit goes some way to make it less ineffectual.
Those oddly faceted surfaces probably mean it has a smaller radar return signal.
You're reading my mind. Stealth hammer.
I dislike it with an irrational intensity.
It really lost some appeal for me when it was listed as a "camp hammer". So... drive in a few tent pegs... pull them up again. What else can it do? and that from a company called ultimate survival technologies. In all fairness it is discontinued...
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