A claw hammer is used mainly for hammering in large nails in construction work. It's claw is for straightening or pulling nails out.
The claw part of the hammer is used to lever up and remove nails.
The claw hammer can not only hammer a nail into wood but can , by way of the claw , grasp the head of the nail and be used to pry/leverage the nail from wood .
A hammer or a claw hammer, the 'claw' is used to pull out unwanted or bent nails.
A claw hammer is a tool primarily used for pounding nails into, or extracting nails from, some other object.
The outer curve of the claw is used as the fulcrum.
claw hammer
A claw hammer is a tool primarily used for pounding nails into, or extracting nails from, some other object.
A claw hammer is used for pulling nails and is most commonly used by a carpenter or other wood workers A pien hammer is used by blacksmiths, mechanics and other metal workers.
A claw hammer is a lever when it is being used to pull a nail out.
It's used for pounding nails into wood and pulling old nails out with the claw.
A claw-hammer can be used to lever out nails from a plank of wood.
A curved claw hammer is a lot like it sounds. One side of the metal portion of the hammer has a protruding curved portion. The curve has a split in the center that resembles a claw. It is used for prying. If a nail is sticking up, it can be gripped in the claw, and the hammer is rocked back using the curve. It uses leverage to pull the nail out of the wood.