Hammer

A hammer comprising a head having on one end a planar striking face, a proximal handle portion rigidly secured at its inner end to said head and angularly disposed to said face, and a distal handle portion angularly and rigidly secured at its inner end to the outer end of said proximal handle portion, said handle portions and head having given lengths and being disposed in a first plane that is perpendicular to said planar striking face, said proximal handle portion describing a proximal angle from 10.degree. to 80.degree. above a second plane parallel to said planar striking face and passing through the intersection point of said head and the longitudinal axis of said proximal handle portion, said distal handle portion describing a distal angle from 5.degree. to 80.degree. below a third plane parallel to said planar striking face and passing through the intersection point of the longitudinal axes of said handle portions, all being such that the outer end of said distal handle portion is spaced from the plane of said planar striking face, said distal handle portion constituting a hand-grip member for hammer manipulation by a user.