Speaking of hammers...

I was a carpenter for a number of years back in the early 1980's. Laugh at a wood-handled hammer all you want. The thing is, wood is the one material that saves your elbow and wrist better than any other material over the long term. Fiberglass is pretty good too though. Steel-handled hammers will kill an arm.

Arguably the world's best hammer is the Stiletto and it's most famous head is made of Titanium but they offer wood and fiberglass handles as well as an all Titanium model.

But technology caught up to the simple hammer, even the Stiletto - it's called the nailer.