dead blow hammers/assembly mallets

[semenza]

Seth’s Nupla looks exactly like the Amstrong set I bought around 1988.

Except I don’t think the Armstrong came with a case.

Yup, there is a bunch of rebranding on that set . The set I have is branded SK Tools.

Seth

 

[Michael Kellough]

Thinking of rebranding I was kinda surprised to see that the replacement heads have Armstrong embossed on the screw side. I expected to see either another company name (the oem?) or just a number.

 

[Packard]

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I laugh at the “virtually indestructible” designation in the ad.  I was at the Benjamin Moore paint store the other day and I mentioned to the salesman that their rubber mallet looked like it had been used on a grinding wheel.  At least 1/2” to 1” of the face had been worn off on both sides.

The handle might be nearly indestructible. 

 

[rvieceli]

yup Seth I have that exact set with 8 faces and the handle everything says Nupla except the handle is silk screened SK 8610

Ron

 

[Cheese]

I laugh at the “virtually indestructible” designation in the ad.  I was at the Benjamin Moore paint store the other day and I mentioned to the salesman that their rubber mallet looked like it had been used on a grinding wheel.  At least 1/2” to 1” of the face had been worn off on both sides.

The handle might be nearly indestructible.

There’s a big difference between rubber & polyurethane and they’d probably damage the paint cans if they used a polyurethane mallet.

So they’re using their best option...it may not be optimum but it's the best they have considering the shortage of labor in the US.

 

[Jeff Zanin]

Can never have too many hammers...

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[derekcohen]

Hi all,

Looking for a couple of different size non marring dead blow hammers and assembly mallets. The key is that they must be non marring.

I was leaning towards the harder supercraft and simplex mallets with the soft face (blue). Can anyone confirm that these are non marring?

I was looking at the lixie also, but seems they’re unavailable online.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks !

Hi Andrew

I have two mallets. One is a 20oz Thor (on the right) ...

https://www.totaltools.com.au/hand-tools/mallets/10095-thor-nylon-hammer-1-1-2-th712

The other started life as Veritas cabinetmaker's hammer (on the left above), but I modified this with UHMW faces and shaped handle. Also around 20oz ..

https://www.carbatec.com.au/cabinetmakers-mallet-bronze-veritas

Regards from Perth

Derek