[TheForge] uri hammer

[Grover Richardson]

I must ask the question.  Not trying to be a smart ###, but I am curious.
Why would a hammer of equal weight move more metal if in a different design?
Seems to me that the mass on the end of the stick/handle is the same?

>*>-----Original Message-----
>*>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Albin 
>*>Drzewianowski
>*>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:49 PM
>*>To: Sponsored by ABANA
>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] uri hammer
>*>
>*>
>*>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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