clawhammer

Curved-head driving tool

A clawhammer is a hammer with a curved, forked end opposite the striking face, used to pull nails.

The claw grips the nail head while the handle provides leverage.

Clawhammer also describes a banjo-playing technique where the hand strikes downward like a hammer: clawhammer banjo, clawhammer style.

banjo

old-time

Of a past era

AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin

picking · pluck · fretless · minstrel · strings · acoustic · traditional · mountain · hoedown · ballad

tool

prybar

Lever for forcing things

handlePart for gripping
gripSecure manual hold
steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy

forging · lever · extraction · ripping · striking · head · shaft · swing · carpentry · woodworking

demolition

prybar

Lever for forcing things

rippingTearing with force
teardownDeliberate structure removal
deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction

dismantling · stripping · salvage · crowbar · leverage · extraction · removal · renovation · remodeling

Categories

folk musicfolk, folk music, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad
Bluegrassbanjo, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, flatpicking
folk music skillsfingerpicking, strumming, flatpicking, chord changes, fiddling
Banjosbanjo, tenor banjo, five-string, four-string, open-back
finger techniquesfingering, finger placement, finger positioning, finger crossing, finger exercises
folk techniquesfingerpicking, flatpicking, strumming, pull-offs, slide guitar

Opposites

hammer type/design

clawhammermallet

Soft-headed striking tool

rubber mallet · ball-peen hammer · sledgehammer · wooden mallet · tack hammer

nail interaction

clawhammernail puller

Tool for extracting fasteners

pry bar · cat's paw · nail punch · nail set · wrecking bar

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G