#519

[@WineScrounger]

Thor are still in business in Birmingham, U.K. They do a full range of soft faced hammers. I have a no.1 exactly like yours and a no.3 double copper. They’re excellent products and used worldwide.

[@markcummings150]

A corrugated cardboard company I worked for used that rawhide type of hammer to hit in cutting blades into the plywood cutting dies, hitting it in from the sharp side of the cutting blade.

[@scottwhitley3392]

They are still in business. They do a massive range of soft strike hammers, Mallets and ect…

[@systemtim]

how can you remove the copper faces

[@IMSAIGuy]

they are pressed in, so I would try putting in vice and levering, or drilling a hole and putting in a bolt or screw and pulling out

[@ronitsingh85]

i have the same thor hammer but vintage, both ends are copper. it is a nice tiny hammer that has quite a bit of momentum to it. need to restore it . got it for $5 at the local flea. were used initially to open and lock in knock off nuts

[@Ovatione]

Its a model “A” its smaller than the model “1”

[@zinahe]

Hi, thanks for an interesting share. I'm wondering how different the raw-hide ones are from plastic/rubber dead blow hammers. Cheers.

[@WineScrounger]

The main thing is the peak impulse generated, this is dependent on the hardness of the face. So stiff plastic gives a sharper blow than rubber, rawhide somewhere in between. It’s a compromise between getting a good shock into the thing you’re hitting, and not distorting it. Rawhide is also somewhat “deader” and bounces less than plastic or rubber.

[@threecrosses9988]

Face appears to be copper on last hammer

[@IMSAIGuy]

yes copper -> 4:21

[@threecrosses9988]

Thanks for video. Info is very useful!!!