This Clever Hammer Design Lets You Drive a Nail One-Handed - Neatorama

(Photos: Picard)

Picard, a German toolmaking company, developed this clever design named the Lattenhammer. It's designed for those situations when you need to drive a nail, but you can't use a second hand to steady the nail. The nail slips into a groove in the top of the hammer. It's held in place magnetically. Once you've driven the nail in, it slips right out of the hammer, as you can see in this demonstration video.

Stanley Fat Max hammers have had this for years.

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This is quite similar to what's called a Cheney Nailer and they've been around for at least a hundred years or more.

http://jtc.net/hchc/nailer/

More specifically, Lee Valley carries one that uses a similar channel system with rare earth magnets to hold the nail in place for the first whack. It is THE BOMB for building temporary scaffolding. Yours for $40

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32056&cat=1,53193

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Estwing, Stanley, you name it. Good idea, but it's everywhere.
Look a nice enough hammer, The milled striking face is also used by Estwing and Stanley.

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It's because it was on Core77, that makes this hammer hipster.

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I wonder if the magnet gets weaker every time you pound on a nail, until eventually it won't hold a nail any more.

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