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ATOMdesign revamps the classic hammer

By squirrelbait - July 30, 2007

in Object Culture

Design folk sure love their tools, but designing them isn't exactly a glamorous task, especially when you're assigned with reinventing the, um, hammer! ATOMdesign was approached by leading hammer brand Vaughan & Bushnell to update this iconic tool of all tools--to "transform an American icon."

...And so the S2 was born. It sports a split-head, which means the shock produced when the hammer makes contact is interrupted in order to minimize stress on the user's hand, wrist, and arm. The S2's engineering pounds nails in with a "dead blow" effect--preliminary testers averaged just two strikes to drive a nail. The hammer still keeps it real with a traditional (sustainably-acquired) hickory wood handle despite its otherwise snazzy makeover. Old and new-school craftspersons alike can enjoy the familiar feel of a contoured wooden handle with the added modular convenience of being able to easily replace the hammer head.

ATOMdesign celebrates legit recognition of its accomplishments with the S2 which just scored Bronzeness in the 2007 IDEA Awards and is now featured in ID Magazine's 53rd annual Design Review.

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BBQ Bob

16 years ago

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Re: The beautiful Vaughn S2 Hammer;
Indead Adam, what the ell is a "replaceable hammer head", on a wood handle yet. Anyone who has spent any amount of time swinging for a living, a hammer that is, usually brakes the wood handle and replaces that. In forty five years of swinging, a hammer, I've yet to see a broken hammer head, slightly worn claws yes but never a broken hammer head. And, two blows to sink a nail? How big's the nail? Before air nailers we always sunk 16p "sinkers" with one blow after a setting tap with our Plumb "Axes" on Tahoe condo's in the early 70's. Me thinks the reviewer of the S2 has yet to swing a hammer much. Tks, Rbs
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Adam

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I've spent a fair portion of my life swinging hammers, and i'm just curious. What dose it mean when you have a replacable hammer head on a wooden handle?
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alteredfool

17 years ago

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as a designer of tools for scapbookers I can understand the delema. 2 big thumbs up to ATOMdesign on a great job.

BUDDA I'd rather see a tree there instead of some polutant plastic. :)
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melissa z

17 years ago

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in response to the previous comment, the client actually requested that the product be created with a traditional wooden handle.
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BUDDA

17 years ago

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all that design and they still have to use a tree?
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