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. Extra-hard faces have a hardness similar to that of a hard hat. White rubber faces are nonmarking.

Rawhide faces are more durable than plastic and won't distort the surface of soft sheet metal, such as brass, aluminum, and copper.

Steel faces are the hardest metal faces we offer. Use them to drive chisels, masonry drills, and nails.

Acetal plastic handles are lightweight. Hickory and ash handles resist vibration. Steel handles are stronger than wooden handles but have less vibration resistance.

Textured grips provide slip resistance.

Mallets cannot be sold to the listed areas due to import regulations.

Change out the faces when they become worn. The head on these hammers is loaded with metal shot for added weight and a controlled impact with minimal rebound. Use them to demolish material, form metal, and drive punches, chisels, and masonry drills. For demolition work, choose a hammer with a face that's harder than your workpiece. Longer and heavier hammers deliver greater impact.

Press-fit hammers have nylon plastic faces with a hardness similar to that of a bowling ball.

These palm-sized tools fit in tight spaces and use air to deliver a powerful strike where swinging a hammer is not possible. Replace faces when they are worn, or switch to a face with a different material or hardness.

Polyurethane rubber 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 faces. Extra-soft faces have a hardness similar to that of a pencil eraser. Soft faces have a hardness similar to that of a tire tread. Medium faces have a hardness that's suitable for most general purpose applications. Hard faces have a hardness similar to that of a bowling ball.

Aluminum faces are for use on brass, copper, and steel.

Steel faces are the hardest metal faces we offer. Use them to drive chisels, masonry drills, and nails.

Leather cover (sold separately) provides a comfortable grip and muffles sound.