Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Dental Hammers Hammers have been used in the practice of dentistry for as long as dentistry has existed. A hammer and chisel were used to extract decayed teeth for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. As more advancements were made in dentistry, hammers began being...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Hammerfest 1st Place Hammer This Pittsburgh 16 oz. hammer was given out as a prize for Hammerfest. Hammerfest, which is sponsored by the Southern Indiana Triathlon Team, is a series of bicycle races that take place every summer near Evansville, a small city in...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Dulcimer Hammers These hammers are used to play an instrument known as the hammered dulcimer. The word dulcimer is derived from both Latin and Greek and means sweet sound or tune. The instrument is trapezoid-shaped and made of wood. A series of strings are stretched...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Coors Ceramic Hammer The same Coors family who created the popular Coors beer also developed the Coors Porcelain Company in the early twentieth century. With the onset of World War I and the embargo on German imports, the Coors family saw an opening in the market for...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Hytron Handy Tube Tapper Electronics companies, such as Hytron Handy, developed tube tappers like the one seen here. These little hammers served several purposes. The tool, as the name suggests, was used to tap hytron vacuum tubes. These tubes were the basis of most...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
This unique, ornamental hammer was patented by Mitteldorfer Strauss of New York City, New York on January 10, 1928. Strauss’ hammer is a design patent, meaning the patent protects the way the hammer looks rather than the way it is used. Design patents last for 14...
