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| | All About Hammers - Romancing the Hammer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Meanwhile, through the centuries the hammer head proceeded to change in keeping with the millenium it was in, evolving through the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, to the modern Industrial Age with its steel and metal alloys. |
 | | The hammer head was put into a charcoal fire box until it reached the proper heat (or temper), and while red hot was immediately doused in oil or water. |
 | | Steel hammers, a favorite with construction workers for their strength and durability also have a drawback in causing handle "sting." However, new technology has improved on this, with a wood and rubber implant in the hammer head reducing vibration and making the feel of these steel hammers "almost as kind as wood." |
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