today myself and the family were invited to supper...i was called upon to do the "manly" thing and fix a couple of things here and there...i came up short, even tho i had a lm wave on me...i had no hammer...now, what if tshtf?
my question...in an emergency/disaster wouldn't a hammer be priceless?
made me rethink a strategy or two...
either a Swisstool for hammer or WM for crowbarcumhammertool!
Ill prepared!or use rocks?

I have one of these:

https://www.sirindia.com/Details.asp?productID=10104399

Works very well

A hammer? Yes, use rocks, or a good piece of hickory. Can't imagine what you'd need a hammer for that you couldn't field expedient something suitable on the spot.

No, there are lots of tools I'd take before I grabbed a hammer. What jobs do you envision a hammer doing during an SHTF disaster? It sounds like you were doing small jobs around someone's home. Around the house I have more than a few hammers to choose from depending on the job. In an emergency, I'd prefer to have a good prybar.

I carry a small hatchett in my GHB and could use that for a hammer.
Naturally there's always the rock that can be used also.

I have one of these:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=52921&cat=1,53193&ap=1

I keep hearing 'pick up a rock'.. try finding a good solid rock in Florida.. I can find Sandclumps, but I wouldn't try to hit anything with them.. I have a Hickory handled hatchet with file.. I can use it as a hand ax, hammer and a whitening mallet for whitening hand worked raw-hide.. and probabily more..

In most of the country you can rely on rocks, but if you cant walk 10 feet in any direction and pick up a nice sized one, don't rely on haveing them around.

I have a "regular hatchet" (not a roofing tool, or shingling or drywall hatchet hammer, or carpenter's hatchet) that has a hammering nub sticking out the back of the head. I bought it at Wally World a couple years back and the brand name sticker has peeled off the wooden handle (shucks). I modified an army surplus axe head sheath for it to fit in.

By the way, here's what I've just heard called "roofing tools" being marketed as a survival tool or "hatchet hammer" it looks like for real cheap: I used to own one like it and got rid of it. I found it pretty useless as far as weight and balance are concerned and would rather have a prybar and hatchet separate.

http://survivalsolutions.com/store/product71.html

Timber Framers employ heavy mallets made from a short section of trunk or large branch and one side branch retained as a handle. You can also use heavy footwear. Pre chicom SHRADE made a survival knife that broke all our rules; bayonet spearpoint, sawback with a full clawhammer on the butt. I suppose the most obscure solution is to- carry a hammer!

Hammer? Pshaw, I carry a couple of large rocks in my pack! Sure they're heavy, but I walk taller knowing that I have the original multi tool if the SHTF.

I live in central TX, so a machete is a little more useful than an axe for most things. I've been carrying a Gerber machete the last couple of years in my truck. Not sure what it's called, it has the Gerber plastic axe handle mated to a blade with a forward curved tip. I've used machetes regularly for years, but this one beats any other I've ever had, including the standard U.S. army machete. Maybe it's the slight forward weight and the longer handle, but I've never had it skip out of a cut, something that's common with machetes and can make them really dangerous for the casual user.