On display –> one discontinued spare part from My Red Toolbox. I carry a replacement handle for my favorite wood hammers; the Hart Tool Co. Hickory Framing Hammer. Displaying an unused spare hammer handle in April of 2009 is a testament to the durability of the Hart Tool Company hammers, which have been manufactured under a different name for years.

Experience:

I went to pick up a new Hart Tool Co. Hickory Hammer only to learn they don’t make them anymore. Wait, this Dead On hammer looks similar… but is it? Not as far as I’m concerned. I like to inspect the grain pattern in my hammer handle. Instead of a classy natural wood finish some Dead On handles are painted black and say ‘Death Stick’ on them. I guess they are marketed toward Punk Rock Carpenters and undertakers. Is a Death Stick for killing or just for nailing shut coffins? It seems they nailed the lid shut on my future with Hart Tool Co. hammers since I switched away from them when they started painting my handles black and forging the heads with a place for stickers. I don’t like the gaudy chichi embellishments on the Dead On hammers.

I have a dozen Hart Tool Co. hammers yet to be posted on ToolboxBlog.com yet because I was hoping to get them all in one photo. I’ve come close, several of these are Dead On;

My Red Toolbox contains tools I don’t use everyday but need in my truck. If I’m going to use wooden handled hammers, I’ve got to carry a spare handle.

Links:
Death Stick DSRH 18