Strong Guys Don't Want You To Know This Trick  

Can confirm, strong guys hate it when you do "their thing" with ⅓ of the effort using leverage. If they think they are getting shown up by a length of pipe, or a prybar, or in this case a hammer with a slot in the handle, they will metaphorically dive tackle you about how it's wasting time and how you should just man up and work harder etc etc... BC I guess back when they were young the laws of physics were different and the basic principle of leverage didn't apply back then or something 🤷

How do you know a guy has a Martinez hammer? Don't worry, he'll tell you.

so martinez is the snapon for framers

"Look at my MARTINEZ hammer everyone!"

"can't quite get enough leverage" Just get your husband to pull on it for you.

Big pry bar® is going to pay a lot of money to have this video taken down.

That's a neat trick, I tend to just tap the grip of the nail pick with the neck of my hammer until the nail starts to give. (using your hammer: uppercut the nailpick, forcing the nail out)

$300 hammer.... $20 cats paw.

As a contractor if I had to watch my bloke fuq around taking a nail out while talking up a $400 hammer he'd be goin home😅

That hammer looks like it belongs in San Francisco

Always use a 12” nail bar guys. It’s WORTH THE WEIGHT!

Can't afford the hammer,im still paying off my Martinez speedsquare level 🤯

That's why I push down instead of trying to pull up. Also less chance of tweaking your back pushing your weight down onto it. Also, less effort than even your hammer pulling up method.

*ever ran into the instance where you run out of ways to justify an unnecessary expense for a basic tool… or have noodle arm grip strength lol

Can I get a link to both of those tools? It would be greatly appreciated.

Those open spots in the metal are for tuning to prevent vibration.

How can I get leverage in a divorce?

Dewalt’s catspaw is very underrated. It’s made with an accessory/ feature that you place over a sunk nail, hit it once or twice with any weight hammer, stick the cats paw thru the puncture and pry out the nail without having to use your hammer as leverage.

Amazing!! I always wondered why the gap was there..

Those holes are for tuning to minimize the vibration

My hands and my 20 year old estwing work just fine.

Or just stick the claw end behind the nail puller, efficiently quick, and go on to the next task.

If you measure it, it's actually a 3/4 wrench and the bottom should be 1/2 inch. That's how stilettos are anyways. Always used it to tighten bolts when u didn't have a wrench handy

Damn, I guess anyone will try and justify that price tag.

My go to is to leverage with the hammer by hitting the end far from the nail

Have you ever tried using a titanium head on the martinez titanium handle? Does it throw off the centering or anything?

I usually just turn the cats paw the other way and hammer the other side. Always works and is usually much quicker for me. Also, hate that cats paw got me a relic from a garage sale. Things about a foot long and dosent make a giant hole trying to dig the nail out.

I’ve pulled hundred of nails with cheap and expensive cats paws. If the mail doesn’t come out with a shorty they make long bars 😂 please don’t use this method next to windows. One stubborn mail and the windows gone

Where can i get those tools? Any know?

Great tool demo😮

Mechanics have literally been using this kind of trick with 2 spanners to loosen or tighten bolts for years. Most of us mere mortals who don't have a Martinez hammer but we could probably find a big enough pipe or a big ring spanner to use than an expensive hammer like that one.

”LoOk aT mY $400 oRanGeee hAmmEr” I do full remodels!! I use a $40 millwaukee framing hammer and a rusty stanley hammer thats older than me!!

Does anyone know what kind of hammer he has? Wish they would tell us.

I was gonna subscribe but the way you said "a little more leverage." Stopped me dead in ny tracks.

Genius Idea! Thank you for Sharing.

I have this printer with a messed up bl touch (didn’t work out the box after assembly) I still haven’t used it… its my first printer of this type (I have a resin printer also). I can’t find any info on my specific problem and their customer support is meh at best 🤷🏽‍♂️

Ferramenta top...um abraço do Brasil

I use that all the time when I figured it out, but yes it work amazing, great video though

That is exactly what it’s for.. right or wrong it works! Thank you

I've seen guys bend a stiletto doing this with their cats paw, one guy cracked three teeth when the nail head folded over on itself and he caught the whole assembly in the jaw.

$300 hammer plus depending on your head options

The metal quality on a stanley or bostich cats paw is superior to the estwing. Probably most brands. They hold an edge pretty good but don't chip out from my experience.

Careful near the windows!

I just tap the catspaw a bit.

Great tip. 👍

Thar's a great sales pitch honestly, thatd be so useful

I usually palm strike it at great cost to my wrist

A flat well do the same thing without tearing up the wood or trim

Why not use a bigger catspaw yhen

How heavy is that hammer?

I’ve got a husky nail puller that does it with ease and I use stilettos hammers

When it slips and breaks the window nice fancy hammer!

I want a Martinez Hammer ! But can’t seem to justify the expensive purchase.

Renzo dry wall make sure to buy there

What color is that red, orange, or pink?😮 looks 👍

What's that? A $300 hammer?

It always makes me nervous when I see a big hammer like that being used anywhere near vinyl windows

Its ised for turning bolts on sil plates

I just use a 14 inch nail puller instead of that little 10 inch and it is very rarely a problem for me.

When you borrow your wife's tools.

Just pull up as u tap it in and it usually comes

Is there a market for a hand forged cats paw?

I went straight out and bought both of those tools in case I’m ever in that situation.

I do not miss working with guys like this. That’s all I’ll say and the vets will know what I mean.

Try hitting it with your purse! Oh sorry I forgot it's empty after buying that hammer.

The less choke.you have the more leverage you have. Don't choke up on it with the hammer frame or your pry hand, move both to the end and you will have more leverage.

From someone in the trade for 35yrs+ flip your catspaw and pound up NOT down. Upside down you can use god given leverage. Your arm.

Those nail bars are awesome I have multiple 🤣🤣

The ol Frenchmen’s wrench technique

Been trying to buy me one for the last few month. You just made me spend the money LOL. Great idea btw

"Give me a lever big enough, and I can move the world."

Or you can just cut a slit in a regular metal framing hammer and sand it smooth

Do the same thing with my stiletto!!

My stilleto ti bone 3 has the same feature

I just be a man and give myself tennis elbow from levering off of my bones lol, I have a stilleto T-bone and you can do the same thing

Hey let me get a Hat.. I see yalls crew at home depo all the time. Out in Roseville Ga..

Why no titanium cats paw?

Why not turn the hammer sideways and use the built in nail puller up by the head??

Or you can just use your hammer to tap the other end of the cat paw where you are holding it with your hand. Real carpenters use a wood handled hammer without a hole in it.

Always work with gravity not against it, rookies i tell ya

Am I the only one who cut the rubber off my cat claw so it slides in and out of my pouch holders better?

First thing I thought when I saw this without knowing what it was about was “that’s a small cats paw” lol bigger one would help that too.

The top whole will fit a 7/8 bolt and the bottom will fit 9/16 bolt . Us scaffolders work with both sizes so that hammer comes in handy .

i loved my martinez when i first got it but after the bolt broke 3 times i was done with it🤣. i was spending the price of a new eswing ever 6 months and it tore heads off of nails rather than pulling them out

Didn't Archinedes say with a fulcrum and a long enough lever he could lift the world?

Just tap up on the end once?

I have a $23 Hart. Boss doesn't like it but he still uses it. 😂

how are you supposed to get mammoth forearms like that playa??

The hammer is made for scaffold erectors

Ever try the m1 with m4 head?

My worker did this and lost grip and the hammer whent straight towards the glass , lost a window that day and I lost a worker that day

I know it! 💪🏼

That's cool as heck man 🔥🔥

I use a 15 inch cats paw i have plenty of leverage

Cats paws wear designed so you hammer can just hammer the nail out

Will certainly be doing this with my stiletto this week, that’s fucking amazing and I feel incredibly stupid for not doing that beforehand 👍🏻

Can’t pull a nail out 😭

I ran here for the comments.

Yeah, man, it's cool to use your muscles.

my $4 craftsman hammer doesn't have the hole please send help