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time. It seemed to hit nicer than steel. There was always competition among the students in the shop over who would use my hammer.”
He never lost his fascination with the hammer, and decided to see if he could trace its history. Through a die-stamp on the head, he was able to locate the company, which had been sold three times since it manufactured the hammer during World War II.
The hammer was originally designed, he discovered, to build crates in ammunition yards. The alloy used for the head was non-sparking, making it safe to use around explosives.
Mr. Von Fange decided that he would like to re-market the hammer, since it was superior to any hammer he had ever used. He contacted the company and found they still had the original mold for the head, which had been stored since the end of the war.
He asked the company to experiment with different alloys which would provide the feel he had found so distinctive while still retaining the strength to pull nails with the claw. The original alloy was patented by a German firm, but after casting heads made with a number of
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