Features:

  • FORGED STEEL HEAD – Maximum strength and durability for a lifetime of hard work
  • BALANCE AND TEMPER – The most durable, longest lasting striking tools available
  • HEAVY HITTING HAMMER – Perfectly balanced to deliver powerful blows with an easy swing
  • FIBERGLASS HANDLE – Lightweight, durable handle offers a comfortable controlled swing with a ribbed grip to prevent slips
  • VERSATILITY ON THE JOB – Use with chisels, punches, star drills, hardened nails & more
Superior Product, as always

Fantastic product. If you have an Ex that is driving a car that needs a good beating, this is the product for you. Small, handy, not too heavy, easy to swing say 100 times or so across every inch of a new Lexus or what not. (for example). It has a FANTASTIC great grip/handle, exactly what you'd expect from an Estwing Product.

This thing is solid and easy to handle, makes you feel like Thor

I got this hammer because I needed something to use on a mason's chisel so I could cut some retaining wall pavers down to size. It is the perfect size as it is about the same length as a normal claw hammer, thus fewer mistakes and mis-strikes when hitting the chisel. In fact, I was able to cut 12 pieces without once coming near to hitting my thumb. It took next to no time because despite the short length, this thing packs quite a punch. It's so sturdy, I used it directly on some of the paver stones to finish off the missed edges, no issues. I then used it to knock loose some azalea bush stumps I had partially dug up allowing me to access more roots to get all of the stumps cleanly out. I like it so much I am trying to think of more things I can use this on, because the way it smashes through stuff with brute blunt force makes me feel like the god of thunder. Yes I am a dork.

Just the right size

I use this sledge for work so I bought another one for home. It's heavy enough to get the job done, light enough that I can handle it just fine (I'm a small woman). Just the other day, I used it to remove a flat tire that had rusted on to the car and wouldn't come off. Very handy, very solid construction. At work I use it for driving stakes, breaking up asphalt, compacting asphalt, etc. It takes a beating and it l think it likes it.

Just the right weight, fantastic grip.

I bought this to use with a product call the Kindling Kracker where you put a piece of firewood into and bang down on the wood that make kindling. This is just the amount of weight to cut the firewood into small pieces of kindling.

Powerful little sledge.

I purchased this to help with framing -- moving headers and footers of walls into place in a remodel when I didn't have room for a big sledge to swing. This isn't so heavy you can't use it for good lengths of time, and delivers significant striking force. I also use this with a cold chisel for breaking small areas of concrete. A fine mini-sledge! Almost no vibration up the handle. Think this will be in the tool chest for a good many years.

The perfect Hammer

I have been doing my own auto work forever and using my old carpenters was no help when it came to cutting off the odd stripped nut or bolt. This is perfect... fits my hand and the grip feels good. The length of the handle to just right. I expect this to last many decades and one day.. who ever gets it from me... may use it to service his personal flying saucer. I don't doubt it will last.

Perfect in every way possible.

I work at a pool company, and a lot of the old pumps are super tough to get the lid off, so I used to carry around a rubber mallet and that pretty much did the trick with some hard hits, but I've been running into extra large and extra stuck lids at the new pool company I just started at, so I needed something more heavy duty. I literally don't believe there's a better handheld sledge-type hammer out there for what I'm doing than this one. Not only is it durable and puts in some serious work if needed, but it is simply beautiful, from the color to the design itself. The blue finish over the silver that shines brilliantly just looks stunning, and I have yet to even put a scratch in the finish after using it pretty aggressively on metal pump lids. I couldn't recommend this any higher.

Estwing Sure-Strike 3-Pound Drilling Hammer with Fiberglass Handle

This Estwing Sure-Strike 3-pound drilling hammer has been working great for driving 5/8" X 8" galvanized ground rods. When I am working alone and need to set rods, this is the size hammer I prefer as opposed to a larger heavier hammer that takes two hands. With this smaller tool I can hold the rod securely in one hand while striking with the hammer in the other, like driving a large spike. The hammer blows are lighter, but the rods still usually get driven in just a few minutes without having to wear myself out. Ideally, a cordless rotary hammer and ground rod driver adapter would be ideal, but is sometimes not available, which is when this 3-pound hammer comes into it own.

Nice weight, replaced my 2lb hammer.

Broke the wooden handle on my 2lb hammer, so I started shopping. I split my own firewood by hand. I use an axe, an old friend I've had for years. A splitting wedge and 8lb splitting maul with a fiberglass handle, new this year. I've been impressed with the fiberglass handle. When I broke the wooden handle on my 2lb hammer I was looking for a new handle and decided to try and find a fiberglass handle for the replacement. I came across the 3lb East wing hammer. It looked interesting, so I thought I'd try it. Really happy I did. I'm getting used to the additional 1lb in the weight. I set the wedge with it and then plow the wedge with the 8lb splitting maul to drive it home.

it's an Estwing...no more needs to be said

I only buy products that will still be functional for 100 years after I am dead and buried...this thing has Estwing written on it...no more needs to be said about its quality or value...it just doesn't get any better...and their tools are always beautiful and simple...I can't even bring myself to actually use my camp axe on anything...I bought a cheap one to actually cut things with...my Estwing is only for looking at...lol

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