8.5 inch Nail Hunter from Nail Jack Tools
- Pulls most nails, U nails, brads and staples
- Pull air-driven brads through the back of baseboard
- Digs, grabs and pulls
- Tap the head with a hammer
- Built in Fulcrum
Product Description
These are the first hand tools ever designed solely for the purpose of digging, gripping and extracting fasteners such as nails, staples or brads. Whether you need to dig big nails out or carefully remove headless brads from the front or the back of your material, the 11″ Nail Jack and 8-1/2″ Hunter brand nail pullers will do the job quickly, effectively and efficiently…. More >>
8.5 inch Nail Hunter from Nail Jack Tools
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This thing doesn’t look like much but it is by far the best nail extractor I have ever seen. It’s all in the wedge behind the jaws which allows you to pry against the wood surface and the raised handles which don’t contact the wood surface when the tool is rotated. A simple but ingenious concept.
I bought this to use for pulling staples of all different sizes and it works great for that. I also worked good for pulling nails as long as they weren’t too big. I do love it.
I used the tool today, for the first serious work need, pulling finishing nails out of very old 3/4″ wood paneling that I’m tearing off of a wall. Some of the nails are pretty stubborn and won’t come out easily. The nail hunter wasn’t up to the task. One of the points broke off of the jaw as I was squeezing the grip and trying to lever the nail out. I have the nail hunter’s big brother, a nail jack too, bought at the same time. It didn’t break, but it doesn’t work very well for pulling those nails either. It’s unfortunate that I’m a week or so beyond the Amazon 30 day return period…
I guess that the nail hunter is good for pulling staples and maybe nails with big heads.
So, while the nail jack/hunter looked like good ideas, I’m back to using the shark, Shark Corp 21-2225 10-Inch Prybar and Nail Puller which works as well as anything I’ve ever found for tough nail pulling jobs like this, with a lot less effort.
This tool works exceptionally well for what it was designed to do. It works far better than a hammer to remove nails even if the nail head is embedded into the wood.