I was looking at some drywall hammers thinking they make something like tomahawks , useful for light bushcrafting.... and I saw some like this one :



You notice that the hatchet side is only attached by a thin section less than one inch. I wish it was staright on both sides without this "C" shaped cut which can weaken the hatchet head.

Is there any specific reason for this design ???

Probably to lighten it. Drywall is pretty easy to cut. You usually use it to drive nails, but the hatchet side is to trim it to make a piece fit right.

Check out shingling hammers. They also have a hatchet end, but may be beefier. The hatchet side is to trim cedar shingles to fit. It would take some sharpening to make it useful in the bush tho.

Thanks guys for the insights
Yes, shingle hammer looks beefier than the drywall hammer
I will look into it.

I hav another question about hammers. Once I bought a bucket load of hardware from someone. In that bucket was a hammer that was like any carpenter hammer except it had a squre face and the nail puuling side was not symmetrical. One "horn" or "fang" whatever you want to call it, was taller than the other.

Like this hammer:




So, what is the purpose of this hammer ??

It's a roofing hammer.

The spike is to make holes in slate tiles, so they then can be nailed to the roof.

Thanks Ren, but won't the tile carck when hit by the spike ?

I am thinking ceramic tiles. Slate tiles are made of some type of rock aren't they ? They would crack , in theory at least ?

I use this hammer as a carpenter hammer and never used the spike for anything, but I am thinking about it now. There were times when I made holes in sheet metals ( like metal shelves ) and used a concrete nail for that purpose. The spike on this hammer will make a bigger hole than I want.

hmmmm
OK, maybe venting holes for homemade stoves !!

Chisel... the utility of a "hawk" is the ease to remake a broken handle... and some just carry the head and make the handle on site.... I picked up this Cold Steel Riflemans hawk for no purpose other than to have one... it fills no purpose other than I wanted one... chopped a couple of inches off the handle


I have a one piece Eastwing that has a lot more utility

Thanks Les

I live in a desert land so we do not have much variety of axes and hatchets like you may find in a wooded land. Then why do I look for such things ???? Well. Being a prepper and McGyveric type of person , ( I GOT TO HAVE ONE ) ... LOL

So, tomahawks and all those nice tools aren't available
A few hatchets can be found in camping stores, but not really of great quality or maybe too big ..etc. So, I turn to hardware stores for "trick" hatchets.

Here is a picture of some hammers I found on the net.
Those who know, please help identify:






I read that # 434 is a crate opening tool

Dont have any answers but very cool Chisel,thanks for sharing.

At your service Spuds

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