If a Titanium hammer is half the weight, how can it drive framing nails like my heavier Steel hammer?
Light hammers reduce strain on the body. The laws of physics mean that the speed of the hammer head affects striking power, and thereby total work efficiency, more than the weight of the hammer itself. Because a lighter hammer can be swung faster than a heavy one, it puts less strain on the body without compromising work efficiency. Hammers sometimes need to be heavy, such as when banging in a 6″ nail. However, to ensure minimum strain on your body, always use as light a hammer as possible. On average, Titanium provides approximately 10 times greater damping than high carbon steels. In this context, damping is a measure of the ability of a “material to quell vibration.” (definition from American Society of Materials (ASM) Int’l Handbook, Ohio, vol 1, pg. 31) cushion the blow and reduce recoil with a Titanium hammer. When a hammer hits a rigid work object, shock waves are generated which multiply in the head of the hammer and create a swinging momentum in the handle. Our studies indicat
