Although there are dozens of types of hammers, there are three common ones: claw, ball peen, and club. And if you want to try your hand at bricklaying, you’ll also need a brick hammer.

If you inherited a hammer that has a flat face and a ball-shaped bit in the back instead of a claw, it’s a ball peen. Like a claw hammer, it comes in a variety of sizes and weights but the ...

Many cheaper household hammers feature a regular flat face on one side and a ball-peen on the other. We recommend claw hammers instead as they’re more versatile and better suited to most home tasks.

Claw hammers are built to drive nails and the hardness of their steel is designed accordingly. Brick hammers are designed to split bricks and hit a brick chisel. Ball peen hammers are designed to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Hammers are as simple in design as they are essential to your home garage or tool kit. And yet despite basically being just some metal on ...

Claw hammers are built to drive nails and the hardness of their steel is designed accordingly. Brick hammers are designed to split bricks and hit a brick chisel. Ball peen hammers are designed to ...