Truper 30929 8-Pound 36-Inch Sledge Hammer, Fiberglass Handle with Rubber Grip

Contro ogni tipo di stress! Il manico assemblato in gomma e plastica evita che ogni colpo si scarichi sui gomiti... è come un re, non chiede posso entrare!

Never have owned a sledgehammer before, so I can't compare it to anything else. But let me just say this thing is a pure joy to hold, lift, and slam down on anything that can be slammed down upon!! Granted it's heavy at 10 lbs, but any full-grown hombre should be able to handle it once put to proper use. I use it primarily for splitting wood here at house. In conjunction with the [Estwing Sure-Split Wedge], I have been using it to split large or bulky pieces of wood into smaller fireplace/fire-pit friendly cords of firewood. Everything from pine, almond, oak, and eucalyptus, this sledge has proven reliable to drive the wedge and split all sorts of wood.I would say the sledge is rock-solid, but I believe it's at another level beyond that. It's THAT solid and sturdy. I'm confident it could handle any other task a sledge would be needed for (taking down walls, driving fence posts into the ground, hammering railroad spikes - anyone still do that??).I'll conclude by saying I've been looking for an old truck tire to combine it with the sledge and get a great workout. There's reports all over the web sledgehammers are a great workout (but you need that the tire first!!).

I bought this so that my city-boy sons could split some wood for me when they came home to visit. They had so much fun splitting wood; suddenly my big boys were toddlers again, hitting things as hard a they could, just to get them to break. Which, I suppose, is the point. We had some very large-diameter trees the boys had cut into logs; this sledgehammer pounded a wedge deep into wood with a single swing. We've only used it on one day so far, but it works great. The shaft is strong but has enough of a give to it so that when you make contact the shock doesn't travel through your body. I think the boys preferred the Fiskars splitting axe I got them, but for big pieces, this was great!

Mostly using this for driving wedges through full wood rounds of ash and maple.The handle is solid and firm, wrapped in some neopreme non-stick stuff down where your hand grips it. This all improves one's confidence as your swinging while also softening the shock wave that travels down the handle from the head when it strikes the wedge. The head is solid, showing only minor impacts from my wedges - which makes sense as the wedges are designed to be of a softer metal than the sledge hammer.Well balanced and comfortable ... gets the job done.

Awesome looking product. Very well made. Have used it several times already. It is being used in the fire service. The handle grip is great. Especially critical when you need it on a ladder or a roof.