away from outer tube 44 and pinning the tubes respective to one another via locking pin 48 similarly handle 40 may be retracted to a minimal length for easy stowing of device 10 finally outer tube 44 of handle 40 attaches to secondary head 60 at outer tube 44 distal end secondary head 60 in turn is comprised of weighted block 62 and optional ancillary tool 64 tool 64 may be a spike as shown in fig2 or it may be one of a number of common end effecter tools weighted block 62 on the other hand primarily provides energy during the slide hammer operation as shown in fig3 a single operator can hammer blade 24 into the objective point by virtue of the sliding handle 40 and weighted block 62 in operation an operator aligns ratchet head 20 axially with handle 40 and places blade 24 at the crevice between a door and a doorjamb as shown in fig3 next the operator draws back outer tube 44 to handle 40 fully extended position as shown in configuration a in fig3 the operator then thrusts weighted block 62 via outer tube 44 into handle boss 46 thus blade 24 is inserted between the door and door jam by a single user without the need for an additional entry member to wield a hammer however although device 10 of the.