OX TOOLS Pro Series 18 Ounce California Framing Hammer | Hickory Handle

Wonderful hammer

This is the best hammer I've ever owned period. I've chewed through at least ten estwings and exactly 4 antivibe whatever brand they are and then several fiberglass crap hammers and then i switched to wood and four years into destroying wood handles i found this hammer. Best balanced hammer ever. Drives nails with ease. Isn't too heavy, unless you're a little man.. Yes, sometimes the wood grain in the handle isn't the best and it cracks. Yes, the steel head is semi sorta softer than other hammers maybe.. But i beat on concrete and steel with this hammer and it takes months before you can wear the claws down to the point where you can't pull a nail anymore. I've gone through 10 of these hammers in 3 years which is sort of a fast turn around but it's the best hammer ever so idgaf! And i always have my hammer holster on my belt. It's such a habit that I've worn it to church by mistake. A hammer is my favorite tool, you can do almost anything with a hammer and any clown that puts this hammer down us exactly that.

In my professional opinion 22oz is the perfect weight for a framing hammer. I never like anything lighter for driving spikes into big timbers or LVLs. I have many other hammers but i really like the feel of this one. The curved handle makes it pleasant to swing and the handle doesn’t beat your hands up after hours swinging it. The handle is light yet sturdy when prying and it gives the hammer a nice balanced feel. Also awesome to destroy things with. Agressive claw and waffle head.

I really like this hammer. It's definitely different than some of my other hammers though. I bought this to use as a fencing hammer, and it definitely works well for that purpose. It has an exceptionally long handle for its weight which allows it to hit harder than its 18oz would suggest. My framing hammers are generally Vaughn's and I use a 28oz Rigging Axe as my primary. The handle on this hammer is as long as my Vaughn's.I see a number of reviews saying the handles break. I haven't busted mine yet, but I am pretty conscious about not missing nails and whacking the handle, just in general. I usually wrap a couple wraps of duct tape around the base of all my hammer heads to protect the handle anyway, so maybe that will help this one too. About the only negative with this hammer (for me) is the length of the handle; it's almost too long for an 18oz hammer, and this may be why people are having handle breakage issues (i.e. they try to use it like a heavier hammer which it isn't). I'd like to cut the handle down, but due to the shape of the handle, there really isn't a good way to do this. The milled (cleated) face is nice though, and really grips nails. Overall, seems like a good hammer, but I haven't put it to any heavy framing type use.

Good feel on the handle. Nice balance. The aim is a little off compared to my last hammer.

Everything, it's great for all aspects of our life of work!!

My only positive about this thing is that the hammer looks good. As far as the life span of it, it lasted about a minute. I drove literally 5 nails and the head is now loose and wobbles about 1/4” back and forth. And to make it worse, they have epoxy glued into the top of the head covering the wedges so I cant tighten it. Junk. Threw it away

It is a nice long handle , feel good to swing for bursts but if your swinging this all day then you will always be sore. When my hammer came in the head had a little bit of play in it so I added a screw then it was solid . Been swinging with I for a week and It is holding up .