Pair a body with two faces of different materials to create the perfect striking tool. Use mallets to drive chisels and strike work without damaging its surface. To avoid marring, use a face material that's softer than your workpiece. Lighter weight mallets are good for tapping work into place and driving a chisel to make small cuts. Use heavier weight mallets when assembling joints, dislodging stuck parts, and making aggressive cuts with a chisel. Longer mallets allow for more powerful swings.

Replace faces when they become worn rather than replacing the entire tool. These mallets are suitable for driving chisels and striking work without damaging its surface. Choose a mallet with a face that's softer than your workpiece to avoid marring it when tapping or striking. Lighter weight mallets are good for tapping work into place and driving a chisel to make small cuts. Use heavier weight mallets when assembling joints, dislodging stuck parts, and making aggressive cuts with a chisel. Longer mallets allow for more powerful swings.

Mallets with two face materials can be used for a wider range of applications than other mallets.

Rubber and plastic faces are softer than metal faces, so they're good for striking plastic, wood, and sheet metal. All have a face hardness rating for comparing their hardness with other rubber and plastic faces. Medium-soft faces have a hardness similar to that of a shoe heel. Hard faces have a hardness similar to that of a bowling ball. Hickory and ash handles resist vibration.

Drive chisels and strike work without damaging its surface. To avoid marring, choose a mallet with faces that are softer than your workpiece. Lighter weight mallets are good for tapping work into place and driving a chisel to make small cuts. Use heavier weight mallets when assembling joints, dislodging stuck parts, and making aggressive cuts with a chisel. Longer mallets allow for more powerful swings.

Rubber and plastic faces are softer than metal faces, so they're good for striking plastic, wood, and sheet metal. All have a face hardness rating for comparing their hardness with other rubber and plastic faces. Soft faces have a hardness similar to that of a tire tread. Medium-soft faces have a hardness similar to that of a shoe heel. White rubber faces are nonmarking.

Hickory handles resist vibration. Fiberglass handles combine the strength of steel with the vibration resistance of wood.

Textured and ribbed grips provide slip resistance.

The head on these mallets is loaded with metal shot for added weight and a controlled impact with minimal rebound. Use them to drive chisels and strike work without damaging its surface. To avoid marring, choose a mallet with a face that's softer than your workpiece. Lighter weight mallets are good for tapping work into place and driving a chisel to make small cuts. Use heavier weight mallets when assembling joints, dislodging stuck parts, and making aggressive cuts with a chisel. Longer mallets allow for more powerful swings. All have a textured or ribbed grip for slip resistance.

Mallets with two face materials can be used for a wider range of applications than other mallets.

Plastic faces are softer than metal faces, so they're good for striking plastic, wood, and sheet metal. All have a face hardness rating for comparing their hardness with other plastic faces. Soft faces have a hardness similar to that of a tire tread.

PVC plastic handles with steel core resist breakage if you miss your mark.

Swing these long, heavy hammers with both hands to demolish material, form metal, and drive punches, chisels, and masonry drills. Mix faces of different materials or hardnesses to create the perfect striking tool. For demolition work, choose faces that are harder than your workpiece. The head has two pieces that clamp together to grip faces tightly.

Bodies consist of a head, nut, and handle. To assemble, loosen the nut under the head, insert the faces, and tighten the nut.