Use a hammer long enough and you're bound to one day miss the mark and "nail" one of your fingers or thumb instead. Designer Matthias Pinkert designed the ingenious "Shark", which looks strikingly like a staple removed, to prevent errant strikes to the wrong target...
“Shark” Protects Your Fingers While Hammering
The other bonus of using the Shark is that it keeps your nails or screws perfectly aligned, so you don't end up with the Leaning Nail of Pisa. Let's hope this concept makes it to the market soon...we'd gladly add it to our toolbox.
[via Productdose]
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that's a quirky little thing. i'd get it for a handyman as a gag gift, but i can't imagine it being a real go-to item.
view kdkaboom's profile
I'm such a klutz, I would totally try this.
view mjoe's profile
Hammering safely? Where's the fun in that?
view Seaside's profile
in the mean time, use a comb.
view erica's profile
Why does the picture show screws instead of nails?
view chris (nyc)'s profile
My Ikea wardrobes came with a much smaller one of these, and it came in handy.
view beyd's profile
My IKEA stuff never came with one of those...I'm jealous!
view Enamorada's profile
My Ikea wardrobes came with one of those. I wish that we had kept them!
view ami's profile
Is there an invention out there to prevent one's husband from destroying his thumb while breaking up ceramic tile with a hammer?
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