RickNC Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Can I get some recommendations on a decent rock hammer? Doesn't have to be anything really expensive or anything since I'll rarely use it. Going to be taking a trip to NY this summer and want to find something to help me collect. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 "Rarely Used" won't justify inferior performance when it needs to do the job, especially with striking tools, which can be down-right dangerous! Besides, the best is not that much more: >LINK< Choose "Hammers", and scroll to the Estwing E3-22p 22 oz Rock Pick hammer. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I've said it before, You cannot go wrong with an Estwing. Have had mine for 18 years. Regards, 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Estwing all the way.........like the everready bunny they just keep going........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 The last time I bought one, I went to sears, they had the best deal link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 My weapons of choice are an Estwing 24oz brick layer and a 4lb crack hammer. I also lug a 4' 15lb pry bar as well. mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 "Rarely Used" won't justify inferior performance when it needs to do the job, especially with striking tools, which can be down-right dangerous! Besides, the best is not that much more: >LINK< Choose "Hammers", and scroll to the Estwing E3-22p 22 oz Rock Pick hammer. Yes of course. You know what I mean. Not going to spend $500 on a rock hammer to use it a few times when a $50 hammer can do the job just as well. Estwing were what I was looking at. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 There are a lot more choices than I imagined. Can someone suggest which one of these products would be best? Thanks! http://www.estwing.com/geological_tools.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 The all-around implement is the rubber-grip 22 oz.; pick vs. chisel tip is mostly personal preference, but the chisel-tip makes a better pry-tool and the pick-tip can demolish mudstones and shale more easily. I used to use the pick-tip, with a few cold chisels and a pry bar to round-out the kit. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I have to echo the Estwing recommendation. PM me with the dates you'll be up here, there is a possibility that I can come along to lend you a full complement of hard rock tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Mine is LEATHER ROCK PICK". I have it since a lot of years, and it is very useful (not leave it in the water because of the leather). Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantab91 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I finally gave in to the beautiful big blue Estwing Paleo Pick that had called my name with so much determination at Cabella's. I love it for many different uses from digging, to popping out a find, to balancing myself on the quarry wall. Recently while hunting, my 11 year old daughter hauled it down to the creek bed not far from where I was scoping fossils. I turned to see what she was bagging on. She was able to use it to pop out an echinoid with no problems. So, don't let the big size scare you - that's what had caused me to by pass it for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Estwing makes a nice chisel tip hammer for about $35 at Home Depot or Furrows. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prem Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 My tools of choice are an Estwing bricklayer hammer from HD, a mini-sledgehammer, a wide-tipped chisel, and a large wood-splitting wedge. ---Prem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blakfistforge Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Cantab, I'd been eyeing one of those Paleo Picks as an lighter alternative to my bulky mattock but never have seen one in person. So they are pretty sturdy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I have a Estwing 220z. chisel tip (masons hammer) and a Vaughn 240z. pick tip hammer. Whatever you choose, make sure it is of solid construction (one piece) with a shock absorbing grip on the handle. You will want a solid body, because those that have separate heads from the handle and tube type handles will likely deform and break after not too much heavy use. You will never go wrong with an Estwing - you will be guaranteed a lifetime of use and the slightly higher price is definitely worth it in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Tagged for next payday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantab91 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 The big blue Estwing Paleo Pick is very sturdy. I tend to use it when I'm blind prospecting in softer matrix. My daughter uses it to randomly crack open limestone rocks. We have three Estwing Rock Picks - 22lbs as well. I think they are very high quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 The big blue Estwing Paleo Pick is very sturdy. I tend to use it when I'm blind prospecting in softer matrix. My daughter uses it to randomly crack open limestone rocks. We have three Estwing Rock Picks - 22lbs as well. I think they are very high quality. 22 Lbs?! Now that's a Texas style hammer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I didn't see that one listed but I want one. The one I got is 22oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Just ordered my eastwing from Ace yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarqusandDad Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 http://www.estwing.com/i_dachdecker_spitzhammers.php German style fantastic, I actually used these when I had my Subcontractor biz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prem Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 One word of advice: don't leave your expensive brand-spanking-new Estwing hammer behind at a fossil site like I did a month ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarqusandDad Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 just found this hammer thing a ma bob and could see it being useful in many different ways. watching dirty jobs and they are at a dig in Utah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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