In reply to Basemetal:
I'm seriously thinking about carrying a 3rd tool, given the difficulties of pounding in gear with modern ergonomic tools. I too am of the Chacal generation.
A couple of winters ago, on the Ben, a well known Canadian climber had a very compact wee hammer. It was ideal for bulldog and pecker placement and easily clipped to a Gear Vault type holder on the harness. I never managed to track down what make/model he was using but a bit of searching showed plenty of ideal caving hammers that would suit. I have even noted someone in Scotland using a wee claw hammer.
These tools are very short shafted but have a good sized hammer and even a short pick, which would be great for cleaning out icy/dirty gear placements (rather than wearing out those nice profiled picks on your tools).
I haven't yet gone down this route but I think it could be a handy method for winter only style lines, rather than just snowed up rock climbs. Maybe I'll experiment with a cut down peg hammer or butcher an old axe.