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Greetings, <BR>
It depends on how you use them! If you begin needling with them as you would with a regular needle, yes, you will destroy the hammer. However, that is not the way. After you have a hammer softened in the shoulders, and want to loosen the deep core, a single stitch, from both sides, directly down into the core from the 11:00 and 2:00 positions, will often do wonders for the hammer's roundness of tone. <BR>
Regards, <BR>
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Ed Foote RPT<BR>
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