Club hammers are one-handed and listed from 1kg (2.2lb) to 1.8kg (4lb); around 1.1kg (2.5lb) is a common choice for striking chisels and bolsters. Larger sledge hammers are swung two-handed for demolition and driving posts, with heads here including 3.2kg (7lb), 4.5kg (10lb) and 6.4kg (14lb). Pick the heaviest head you can control accurately.
Ball pein hammers on this page start at 4oz pin hammers for light tapping and small pins, move through 8oz and 16oz for general bench work, and reach 24oz and 32oz for heavier engineering jobs such as driving punches and drifts. A 16oz (1lb) hammer is a common general workshop choice. Hickory and fibreglass shafts are both listed.
A curved claw gives more leverage for pulling nails and suits general joinery. A straight claw, also called a rip claw, is better for prising boards apart and is common on framing hammers. Both are listed here at 16oz, with framing hammers from 15oz up to 22oz and 25oz for heavier nailing.
A dead blow hammer has a shot-loaded head that deadens bounce, so the force stays in the work when seating or freeing parts. A rubber mallet is lighter and suits tapping joints and panels together without marking. Dead blow hammers here include 900g (32oz), 3lb and 1.8kg (64oz), and rubber mallets include 450g (16oz), 680g (24oz) and 800g (32oz).
Hickory absorbs shock well and can be replaced if it breaks; a 900mm hickory sledge hammer shaft is listed here. Fibreglass is less affected by damp and stands up well to missed blows. Both shaft types are listed on sledge hammers, for example with 4.5kg (10lb) heads, and fibreglass also appears on ball pein hammers and rubber mallets.
A milled face has a waffle pattern cut into it that grips the nail head and reduces glancing blows when driving large nails in rough carpentry. It marks the timber, so choose a smooth face for work that will be seen. The page lists 22oz framing hammers in both milled face and smooth face versions.
Hammers and Mallets
This category covers striking tools for construction, joinery, engineering and general workshop use. Pages include club hammers, sledge hammers, ball pein hammers, claw hammers, mallets, dead blow hammers, soft faced hammers, and brick and scutch hammers. The range also takes in framing and roofing hammers, cross pein engineer's hammers, including non-sparking versions, copper and rawhide faced hammers, rubber mallets and hammer tackers.
Brands include Draper, Sealey and Sykes Pickavant. Choose the head type for the task: claw hammers for nailing and pulling, ball pein and cross pein hammers for metalwork, club and sledge hammers for driving chisels and stakes and for demolition, and soft faced or dead blow hammers where the surface must not be marked. Then compare head weight and handle material to suit the user and the job.
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