The Vaughan FS99 Rip Claw Nail Hammer brings the same 16-ounce forged head as the 99 hickory model on a fiberglass handle with a vibration-damping rubber overmold grip. The straight rip claw splits planks during tear-down, and the polished smooth face delivers clean nail strikes without marking the workpiece on trim and finish work.
Use it for framing repairs, trim carpentry, demolition where the rip claw earns its keep, hanging cabinets, and any general nail work where the fiberglass core’s all-weather toughness beats wood. The fiberglass handle resists rot, ignores temperature swings, and won’t loosen at the head-to-handle joint the way a wooden handle eventually does in a damp basement or unheated truck.
Vaughan & Bushnell has been forging hammers in Hebron, Illinois since 1869 and remains the largest American striking-tool manufacturer still operating in the United States. The FS99 carries Vaughan’s lifetime warranty against defects in material and workmanship.
