My wife is a hobbyist my hammers were to big for her to use comfortably.this hammer seems perfect for her . And the leather handle is well made she should be happy hammering for years

If you do a lot of hammering you with defiantly will never use another type again I own three

Love the estwing

A leather handled Estwing is not a hammer. It is a fine crafted percision instrument

It's a nice hammer with no visible defects. I dropped one star because the stickers on this thing are the work of satan.

Nice item did have a small chip in the wood part

Nice to see quality tools made in my country. Of course, you pay for that luxury. I was worried about durability of the thin neck, but it seems extremely sturdy; I couldn't bend it for the life of me. The handle is even more beautiful in person than it is in the pictures. There is a gray coating on the underside of the claw, might just be to prevent scratches from nail heads or to give it traction.-1 star because they put several of those cheap paper stickers on it that necessitate 15 minutes of fingernail scraping to get all the paper off, then acetone to remove the sticky residue.Side note: The ounce rating and a safety glasses warning is printed on the side of the head, which is not shown in the pictures. It rubbed off instantly with the acetone I was already using for the sticker residue, so it's an easy fix if that bothers you.

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