Trusty Cook Hammers

[The Critic]

Needed some hammers for my home garage. Trusty Cook had a sale last week so I picked up their 45oz dead-blow, 43oz ball peen dead-blow, 26 oz slimline dead-blow and 36oz ball peen dead-blow.

I have never been a hammer connoisseur nor have I been a heavy user of them, but I was told that Trusty Cook makes good quality products. To be perfectly honest, I am not sure what a good hammer is supposed to feel like, but these feel reasonably decent to me.

Aside from the plastic and brass/bronze hammers that I will eventually be buying, are there any other hammers for automotive use that I should be considering?

 

[OilReport99]

They have a great reputation over at the Garage Journal.

 

[dlundblad]

They’re great. Made in Indiana too.

They occasionally have a blemish sale too.

 

[Trav]

Needed some hammers for my home garage. Trusty Cook had a sale last week so I picked up their 45oz dead-blow, 43oz ball peen dead-blow, 26 oz slimline dead-blow and 36oz ball peen dead-blow.

I have never been a hammer connoisseur nor have I been a heavy user of them, but I was told that Trusty Cook makes good quality products. To be perfectly honest, I am not sure what a good hammer is supposed to feel like, but these feel reasonably decent to me.

Aside from the plastic and brass/bronze hammers that I will eventually be buying, are there any other hammers for automotive use that I should be considering?

I use old timers like this and a couple of others, a couple of dead blow and brass and a 5lb hand sledge. I do have a nice set of Martin body hammers and dolly's and tear drop mallets but those are very job specific.


Eastwood has some good USA hammers also.

https://www.eastwood.com/metal-fabrication/mallets-sandbags.html

 

[AutoMechanic]

They are nice hammers but I’m old school and like the classic wood handles but some I have are fiberglass. I’ve looked at those before and they are definitely worth the money in my opinion.