Designed for striking cold chisels, brick chisels, punches, star drills, spikes and hardened nails. Use this hammer with safety googles and bystanders should do the same. This hammer has a 12 in. jacketed and textured fiberglass handle that allows you to get a heavier blow even with a limited swing. The faces are beveled and it has a forged steel blue painted head that is hardened and tempered.