ReneePaul

In addition to my earlier post
The ti hammer has no bounce back. It hits and sinks all that recoil into the force of the hit. I am a 58 year old woman with bad arthritis that could frame all day every day with this tool. Before my Stiletto I slept every night with my hands in those arthritis heat wraps so I could come back for more the next day. With my 14oz ti I can quite easily keep up with the spunkiest HFH volunteer and still not be in numbing pain the next day.

I know many folks who use these hammers. Most name the health benefits as the main reason. You don't really need to use that much force with the ti. If you can get some distance for your swing the hammer weight and balance will do all the work.

I have owned and used a 14oz Stelleto for about 5 years. It started with a milled face but is now mostly smooth. I use this hammer primarily at Habitat for Humanity builds. My experience has been that 75% of the Habitat house and crew leaders (the Habituals) use these hammers.

As a woman I find this hammer to be way easier to pound, particularly over head. The longer handle make it easy to reach higher and comes in handy as a pointer or to whack some siding that has come loose.

Being a volunteer organization HFH has more than its share of re-dos. I can assure you that this hammer works great with a catspaw and chisel.

I bet I help sell at least 10 of these hammers a year. All I have to do is hand it to someone to use and they are sold. And this particular hammer is way closer to $100 not $200.