QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since May 2008
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Post by QuailRiver on Jan 6, 2017 13:24:35 GMT -5
Yeah I had seen those on eBay a while back when I was looking for a good price on a new Estwing rock hammer. I had originally thought the seller was just using the word "Estwing" as a search keyword. But he did also use "Estwing" in the heading of his write-up in the Item Description section so it does appear he's attempting to be deceptive. As for finding a real Estwing rock hammer at a good price - Amazon has several authentic Estwing products at reasonable prices. Just look for the listings of the ones that actually ship by Amazon rather than are sold and shipped by a third party so that the item will be eligible for free shipping. Like their Estwing 22oz rock hammer for $30.40 and is eligible for free shipping on orders over $49. www.amazon.com/Estwing-E3-22P-Pointed-Shock-Reduction/dp/B0002OVCMO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1483725384&sr=8-3&keywords=estwing+pickI added one to an order of CDs and books in 2012 and received it in good order. With free shipping it was the best deal I could find on the net. Larry C. |
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ziggy
spending too much on rocks
Member since June 2016
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Post by ziggy on Jan 6, 2017 15:13:42 GMT -5
Yeah I had seen those on eBay a while back when I was looking for a good price on a new Estwing rock hammer. I had originally thought the seller was just using the word "Estwing" as a search keyword. But he did also use "Estwing" in the heading of his write-up in the Item Description section so it does appear he's attempting to be deceptive. As for finding a real Estwing rock hammer at a good price - Amazon has several authentic Estwing products at reasonable prices. Just look for the listings of the ones that actually ship by Amazon rather than are sold and shipped by a third party so that the item will be eligible for free shipping. Like their Estwing 22oz rock hammer for $30.40 and is eligible for free shipping on orders over $49. www.amazon.com/Estwing-E3-22P-Pointed-Shock-Reduction/dp/B0002OVCMO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1483725384&sr=8-3&keywords=estwing+pickI added one to an order of CDs and books in 2012 and received it in good order. With free shipping it was the best deal I could find on the net. Larry C. I also found a real one for sale on ebay for $1.14 more than your price with free shipping. Total cost of the Amazon one will be $39.61. Since I wouldn't be buying the minimum amount to qualify for free shipping at Amazon ($49) I will, if I decide to actually buy another rock pick, probably get the real one I found on ebay. Not sure if I'm going to get one or not. |
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bills
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since March 2016
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Post by bills on Jan 6, 2017 16:16:13 GMT -5
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rxscram
has rocks in the head
Member since August 2011
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Post by rxscram on Jan 6, 2017 20:12:29 GMT -5
I had originally thought the seller was just using the word "Estwing" as a search keyword. Larry C. Even just using it once as a search keyword is against the eBay policy. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 7, 2017 17:01:27 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I withdrew my return request before I should have. I have decided, since it is only a potential $17.28 loss, to take the thing with me up to the U.P. this summer and actually use it to see how it holds up. I will of course then report the results here on how well it performed. That way I can let others know if they too should drop the less than $20.00 for the fantastic buy or save up for the real thing. I'll make a little review with photo's of the thing in (or more likely, out of) action. Maybe shoot a short video of one of us actually using/abusing it. The bright side of my tiny dilemma is that I didn't pay the full price that a real Estwing costs, and received a counterfeit, I paid the price that a counterfeit costs and received what I paid for. Now, I will turn it into either a review of a great little Chinese rock pick for cheap, or a review of a cheap little piece of cr*p that wasn't worth the money paid. Report coming near summers end. That will be interesting. I'd like to see the review. I'm sure you're no dummy, so I know you use abundant caution. I would really hate to see a video of that thing breaking apart and hitting you in the face. I saw a regular hammer break off at the handle while in use one time. Everybody around was really, really lucky that no one got hurt. |
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ziggy
spending too much on rocks
Member since June 2016
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Post by ziggy on Jan 7, 2017 18:50:46 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I withdrew my return request before I should have. I have decided, since it is only a potential $17.28 loss, to take the thing with me up to the U.P. this summer and actually use it to see how it holds up. I will of course then report the results here on how well it performed. That way I can let others know if they too should drop the less than $20.00 for the fantastic buy or save up for the real thing. I'll make a little review with photo's of the thing in (or more likely, out of) action. Maybe shoot a short video of one of us actually using/abusing it. The bright side of my tiny dilemma is that I didn't pay the full price that a real Estwing costs, and received a counterfeit, I paid the price that a counterfeit costs and received what I paid for. Now, I will turn it into either a review of a great little Chinese rock pick for cheap, or a review of a cheap little piece of cr*p that wasn't worth the money paid. Report coming near summers end. That will be interesting. I'd like to see the review. I'm sure you're no dummy, so I know you use abundant caution. I would really hate to see a video of that thing breaking apart and hitting you in the face. I saw a regular hammer break off at the handle while in use one time. Everybody around was really, really lucky that no one got hurt. Yeah, we are going to use extra caution with that hammer. Thing is, you aren't really supposed to use the pointy part of any rock pick to hit a rock with, but rather use the pick to help pry rocks out of whatever they are in. The hammer head on it looks sort of OK so it looks like it could do some light chipping which is all you should do with even a good rock pick. The handle looks like the weak spot. Well, we have two 3lb. crack hammers to do the rock splitting and rock chiseling, so no plans on really abusing it beyond normal use. I guess the real test is can the handle hold up to rock prying. To that end we will see. |
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Thunder69
Cave Dweller 
Thunder 2000-2015
Member since January 2009
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Post by Thunder69 on Jan 8, 2017 20:26:47 GMT -5
I went to Home depot and got mine...http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Hardware-Hand-Tools-Hammers-Specialty-Hammers...John
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Post by captbob on Jan 16, 2017 9:11:30 GMT -5
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