Curious how many folks have never encountered one.

My dead blow hammer is plastic and filled with shot (could be lead or
iron, I don't know).  The main use for a dead blow, is to make sure
that the force of the hammering doesn't rebound and instead transfers
completely to the struck object. Being as how it is plastic, it also
tends to not mar up the face of metal things.

I use it when I need to tap my skid plate in to place (note my skid
plate is modified to accomodate the SVX engine).

There are many different types of hammers, for a variety of purposes.
Most folks are familar with the regular carpenters claw hammer, but
there are rock hammers, brass hammers, dead blow hammers, sledge
hammers, and several other specialty types (ball peen, tack hammer,
etc.)

On May 14, 2006, at 3:44 PM, neil wrote:

> What is a "dead blow" hammer? A hard yet non metallic
> hammer?