[TheForge] uri hammer

[Albin Drzewianowski]

I have a Hoffi/Clark Hammer.

Love it.

My hammer has both Uri Hoffi's AND Tom Clark's marks on it.  Early on Uri 
and Tom were working together marketing the hammers and anvils;  and Uri 
taught classes at Tom's school.  Then something happened, and it appears 
that Uri now works through BIG BLU.   Personality conflict maybe???

Back to the hammer.  I love it, and feel it is worth every penny I paid for 
it.  I have had a lot less arm and elbow problems since I switched to this 
hammer.  I takes some time to learn to use the hammer "correctly".  I saw a 
number of talks and demos by Uri at the  North Carolina and New York  ABANA 
conferences (at least, I think those were the conferences).  Also, have seen 
Tom demo the hammer style a number of times  at the Gichner Hammer-Ins.

I did side by side comparisons with a cross pien of similar weight and I am 
convinced that I moved more metal with the Hoffi hammer than the traditional 
shaped hammer.

Regards,
D-ski
Westminster, MD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Burch" <home at burch.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:53 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] uri hammer


>
> Did you get yours from Tom Clark, or from Big Blu 
> <http://www.bigbluhammer.com/products/hofi_hammer.htm> ?
>
> The Big Blu one is marked "Hofi", but looking at the pictures on Tom 
> Clark's web site, it appears identical.  Before Big Blu lsited the hammer, 
> Tom was saying his was a Hofi hammer.  Both of them appear to be modelled 
> on the Czech hammer design - although the Czech hammer is much lighter.
>
> I have been thinking of buying one, but have yet to run into anyone 
> actually using it - with the exception of a demonstrator a year and a half 
> ago.  Ergonomically, it appears to have a lot going for it.
>
> Terry
>
> At 11:16 AM 11/3/2005, you wrote:
>>I've had one for about six months and it's becoming my favorite, know 3
>>other owners, and all praise it. Kerry Rhodes of Forged Creations in
>>Delaware uses one as his primary hammer.
>>
>>John C.
>
>
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