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Hi Greg,

Robert Alexander of Scrub Oak Forge in De Soto, MO took over the Say-Mak sales after Mr. Clark passed away. I believe he is currently taking pre-orders towards a new shipment of hammers.

Nathan Neale of Seaside, Oregon also sells them. I believe he has a shipment arriving in February, but I don't know if they are already sold.

Both gentlemen should be able to answer any questions you have about the Say-Mak hammers.

James Johnson of Alvord, TX handles the Anyangs and would be the guy to talk to about their performance.

I really don't know which is the goodester of the two. If both camps would kindly send me a hammer and a phase converter I'd be more than happy to compare them 😉

Do some research and test drive both if possible. The best hammer is the one you can afford and gets the job done 🙂

Good Luck!

Jim

They should be very helpful. The best time to reach Robert is around 9 A.M. CST. He's always on the move, but he checks his call log and returns them ASAP.

I never really compared the Say-Mak to the Kuhn, but now that you mention it... 🙂

It's kind of like how the Anyang hammers resemble Nazel hammers 😀

Speaking of hammers. The last time (mid-Dec) I was at Mr. Alexander's shop he had a couple of other hammers for sale. One was a 50# 'Spare Tire' hammer and the other was a self-contained air hammer. I cannot remember what the brand was, but it looked like a Anyang, though I think he said it was manufactured in Turkey as well.

Might be something to look into.

Greg I really think the Say mak is a better choice than the Sahinler. Nothing wrong with the Sahinler but the Say Mak has more features for less dough... I have owned three Say Maks... two of the 110's and currently one of the 135 lb (60KG) It is a great machine and I would highly recommend them. My feeling is the Anyang hammers are a pretty good platform and I have heard of good ones out there but several I know of have been problem hammers. I wouldn't be opposed to owning one but I am a little more leery of them than the fabricated hammers just because I feel they are harder to repair if there is a issue (I shouldn't really say "harder" but rather more expensive) I think much of it comes down to what you like and what you intend to do. The cast iron hammers like an Anyang hit harder if you look at tup weight.. A 88lb Anyang will do close to the work of a 110lb Say Mak... But if you look at price to price VS pound to pound I think they are pretty comparable. the 135 lb machine has a much longer stroke and much deeper working depth than a Anyang.. The upper die does not go into the guides so you can easily attach tooling to both the upper and lower dies which is a huge thing in production work. I dont want to knock the Anyang though, they can be respectable machines and now with Mr Jamison for a distributor I think there is good support as well. Depending on the size of hammer your looking for too... the Say Mak are only available in 50KG, 60KG and 75KG in the states (currently there are no 75's but there are several on Nate's current shipment that will hit the shore soon)