Regarding Bob Gorrell’s cartoon about guns (Drawn & Quartered, Opinion, Jan. 12): The right side of the cartoon has a drawing of a hammer, and says that it was “used in 496 murders during 2011.” The ...

A block of steel is heated, forged, and hardened into a classic ball peen hammer using traditional blacksmithing techniques.

Many years ago, an uncle of mine, while we were working in his shed, said to me, “JR, ya' don’t need a sledgehammer when a ball-peen hammer will do the job.” Metaphorically speaking, I have applied ...

Let's go over this one more time. The say-so guys deliver the marching orders. They arrive through the mail slot. If you don't follow instructions, they cut off your hands. The sackers clunk the ...

Snap-On dead blow ball peen hammers are available in a range of sizes: eight-ounce (HBBD8), 16-oz. (HBBD16), 24-oz. (HBBD24), 32-oz. (HBBD32) and 40-oz. (HBBD40). The hammer’s polished steel head has ...

HAINES, Alaska — Dave Pahl has a museum on Main Street featuring more than 1,200 kinds of hammers. “I like hammers.” Jim Szymanski spent four years roaming remote regions of Alaska to collect antique ...