It looks like the king is dying

[hickory n Steel]

After 150 years on top it seems the king of claw hammers will likely be shutting it's doors soon, and to me this is heartbreaking news.
I own probably 20 V&B hammers & hatchets, and more punches cold chisels & pry bars than I can count.
Along with Channellock and Chapman mfg they're one of my absolute favorite current tool manufacturers who's never let me down.

[muddy]

Very good hammers sad to see them go.

Sent from my twisted mind of the mudman

[fatfillup]

Crap, that is sad

[walrus]

Carpenters use nailers now,whether battery or air.  They use claw hammers some but not nearly as much.

[hickory n Steel]

Carpenters use nailers now,whether battery or air.  They use claw hammers some but not nearly as much.

They still have a place though, you can't use a nailer for everything.

[slip knot]

Carpenters use nailers now,whether battery or air.  They use claw hammers some but not nearly as much.

And us old guys who grew up swinging a hammer really appreciate them too. Between the nailers and impact driver, I bet I haven't used the hammer for a hundred nails in the past 5 years.

[walrus]

Carpenters use nailers now,whether battery or air.  They use claw hammers some but not nearly as much.

They still have a place though, you can't use a nailer for everything.

Maybe not but I'll bet the faces of most claw hammers on constructions job get rusty. I use a Dewalt romex stapler pretty much exclusively, I haven't pounded 10 staples in the last year .