Wim, Its the climate i believed. Here in tropical Singapore(South East Asia),we had lots of these hammer splits and all brands(even Yammys without staples at one time) and some brands with straight staples. We called it 'open flower(flower blooming) ' or 'PacMan' hammers! Lim <div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 11, 2012 5:03 AM, "Terry Farrell" <<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Nope! You missed a few Debbie - actually, quite a few!!! Terry Farrell PS: As you will recall, the climate fluctuates down here in Florida also - perfect in the winter and HOT & muggy in the summer! On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:15 PM, Debbie Legg wrote: > Wim, > > I'd call it a climate problem. 狢 saw a lot of them in Florida. Terry F. probably hasn't seen many though, as I think I must have repaired them all in the Tampa area! > > Debbie Legg > (Now in climate fluctuating coastal MA) </blockquote></div>