The Hammer by Kato

[dspin]

Thats awesome - thanks Todd - while Im at it - you know how to take out the white sleeve from inside the brass?? and since your posting here - ehehe

Great review folks - here it is since Todd didnt link it

 

[Mark Todd]

Yeah pretty easy mate.

Remove the battery holder, unscrew the white end cap, the one closest to the switch.

Stick finger in the tube and pull the white insert out

If this doesn't work, chuck the tube in a cup of warm water for a couple of minutes first.

 

[dspin]

ok will try that, I pulled and pulled and it wouldnt come out, didnt want to put on freezer and perhaps crack the plastic

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[Mark Todd]

Warm water worked first time for me, let me know how you get on.

Happy polishing

 

[dspin]

I decided against the water and faffed around with a q-tip and sticking my little finger on cloth down in there to clean the contact point.

My plastic wont budge - up down or around and at least I can clean the outer brass. Im afraid if it dont come out - water will get between it and the brass and I will have a worse mess.

 

[Mark Todd]

Take the tube out and stick it in your front pocket for a while, you just need to heat it up a little bit.

 

[dspin]

Allright then, will try that. Sometimes a person just doesnt think - ehehe

 

[Hooligan80]

To remove the inner delrin sleeve on the brass contact tube, remove the top outer delrin ring, then, with your finger, spin the inner delrin sleeve around inside the tube. Eventually it will loosen up and the delrin sleeve will come out. As for the engravings, your initial review was off on the inspiration for the Hammer by Kato. The Hammer mod is actually inspired by Norse mythology and the hammer of Thor (The god of Thunder) which is named Mjolnir, and is depicted by the Norse style engravings of Mjolnir on each side. Here is a traditional Norse representation of Mjolnir:
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Now, this is further reinforced by the engraving on the top cap which is where the 510 connection is located, which the engravings depict a traditional Norse compass. The firing button also sports Norse magic sigil design. The sigile in question was used to find the right words at the right moment, representing a magical spell. The overall shape resembles Thor's Mjolnir hammer in general shape

 

[Mark Todd]

As for the engravings, your initial review was off on the inspiration for the Hammer by Kato.

In my review I was referring to the engravings being inspired by a hammer head, I've seen it mentioned on a couple of forums now hence the fact I mentioned it

I'm aware of the origins of the hammer, been chasing one by stiff for ages now

Thanks though, didn't know about the design on the button

 

[dspin]

To remove the inner delrin sleeve on the brass contact tube, remove the top outer delrin ring, then, with your finger, spin the inner delrin sleeve around inside the tube. Eventually it will loosen up and the delrin sleeve will come out.

Thanks Hool, but that sleeve will not move even the slightest, tried pocket - tried hairdryer. It will not move up or spin even a hairs breadth. Seems like its glued in there, but since thats not the case, it was probably a tad big and now it is locked in there forever

 

[Hooligan80]

In my review I was referring to the engravings being inspired by a hammer head, I've seen it mentioned on a couple of forums now hence the fact I mentioned it

I'm aware of the origins of the hammer, been chasing one by stiff for ages now

Thanks though, didn't know about the design on the button

I talk to Kato and his manager frequently. I also own a Hammer. So my information on the inspiration is straight from the source. There will be a Hammer V2 coming out this year, which will have some slight changes.

 

[Mark Todd]

Really, say Hi to them from me.

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[dspin]

In my review I was referring to the engravings being inspired by a hammer head, I've seen it mentioned on a couple of forums now hence the fact I mentioned it

I'm aware of the origins of the hammer, been chasing one by stiff for ages now

Thanks though, didn't know about the design on the button

thats ok Todd, I said the same thing too. I had researched it best I could before posting, On Vaperev and other places they were all quoting Roy Lee

""The most noticeable are the 2 on the sides and they look like some sort of Celtic cross, but Roy, from UVO Systems, had this to say in regards to the side engravings, “the engravings can be a misconception of a Gaelic or Celtic cross, but the art actually draws inspiration from a hammer head shark; the design is purely coincidental.""


I had a couple pms from Kato on the Wall about the review and pics, but he never said anything about engraving error or I would have edited it. He just told me how much he liked it.

 

[Mark Todd]

That's what we get for listening to Roy, should know better

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[Obi Wan Vapori]

I talk to Kato and his manager frequently. I also own a Hammer. So my information on the inspiration is straight from the source. There will be a Hammer V2 coming out this year, which will have some slight changes.

Aahhh... Very interesting about the V2. Have been on the fence about ordering one for days. It just bugs me that the battery is not oriented horizontally so you could use the whole range of battery sizes without loosing the hammer look. Let's face it, the thing would look much better even though it would resemble sledge hammer with a 18650 in it. Think I am going to wait to see what changes the V2 has.

 

[Hooligan80]

Aahhh... Very interesting about the V2. Have been on the fence about ordering one for days. It just bugs me that the battery is not oriented horizontally so you could use the whole range of battery sizes without loosing the hammer look. Let's face it, the thing would look much better even though it would resemble sledge hammer with a 18650 in it. Think I am going to wait to see what changes the V2 has.

It will probably be the same overall design. It was meant to be used for casual vaping, not for cloud chasing.

 

[D Stanley Querfurth]

The Hammer by Kato in 18650 mod , with 2 Just GG Extension Sleeves

ordered a extension Chi You Special Engraved Tube for 18650, but until it arrives this will do fine....​

 

[Hooligan80]

That's what we get for listening to Roy, should know better

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As you may or may not know, Kato no longer works for UVO Systems. I posted a pic of what inspired the Hammer engravings.

 

[Obi Wan Vapori]

It will probably be the same overall design. It was meant to be used for casual vaping, not for cloud chasing.

Not so much cloud chasing as it seems to me that Kato has one and possibly only user configurable mech mod 95% designed in the hammer. You can run it as a pipe, add the extensions to the top with the button on it. I don't know but guess you could put the extensions on the bottom also. A little tweaking and it could run the extensions on the atty side... and... run the atty on the top with the button on the side and you would have a very cool steam punk kind of rig. Don't think there is anything out there that I know of that could come close to that kind of interchangeably.

 

[Obi Wan Vapori]

Put the atty on top, the vent cap on the side and the button on the bottom for folks that like bottom button mods. The Hammer is a fabulous looking mod but it is so close to being an absolute show stopper that it is not funny.