VAUGHAN CF4 California Framer Hammer, 16 oz Milled, Nail Starter, Made In The USA, VN11800

Good hammer, solid, lightweight, priced right, and above all is made in the USA.

Feels great looks great much better than the original that was made years back

Great hammer

Good hammer . Im not a Pro, but it has a good feel and minimal vibration.

I purchased this hammer for myself after getting addicted to nail starters. I had not owned one before i purchased a Kobalt 19oz framing hammer. It was $20 and the price was right. The handle was polished a slick finish and without some kind of sanding it would slip out of your hands. I solved that issue with some 80 gritt, and it was and still is a solid framing hammer. I got this Vaughn for use in my second work area. I use this hammer while climbing up a 98ft roller coaster to sink 2x6's across uprights for general maintenance work everyday, and it hasn't failed yet. The 19 is perfect for being lightweight and easy to carry around, which is a necessity for keeping it attached to my harness D-rings while I climb up 2x6's and 4x4's up to my work area. The Kobalt works well too, but is too heavy and the handle is too large to take off my D-rings (an isolated problem probably). I know it's a very small breed of carpenters that work on wooden roller coasters, or do climbing of that height, but if you do, this 19oz is pretty perfect for it. The nail holder is a must for reaching out to beams I don't want to climb on and setting nails. Sometimes you can't get both hands off the structure when you're standing on a 2inch wide beam 80feet up in the air -if you know what I mean. It's going to take a few more whacks to get a nail in, but if you're going to have this hammer attached to you all day, you'll appreciate how lightweight it is. Oh yeah, and the blue is cool too.

Great design, the axe style handle really helps to generate power. Finish work on the hammer head was good, but not super, but then again it's a less than $30 hammer. The blue finish was great, the silver polishing of the sides a little rough but not horrible, my Estwing and Stanley stuff a bit better. The waffle face is decent. The magnet nail starter is well fitted.The handle was fine, well fitted with good grain.19ozs feels right, neither too heavy nor too light.For those that have never handled one, be aware it is a long hammer.

Perfect

fantastic bought as used but looks like new .