Woodstock D2670 4-Ounce Cross Peen Hammer

Nice little hammer- well assembled and finished. Better buy what you need now while imported goods are still affordable.

as stated in other reviews, epoxied handle/head connection. I'll use it that way till it wears out (if ever). Then reset the handle with wedges. Head has a thick, what I guess is, epoxy coating. That'll need to come off before I use it. Others might not care. 4 oz is perfect for hand plane adjustment and brads & pins. Overall, very happy with this purchase.

This little hammer is perfect for working on small jobs with a minimum of space. It is really a quality piece of equipment. It is worth the money, could not find it anywhere else.

I bought this little fellow for punching and peening pins on small art projects. 4ozs feels about right for delicate projects, the balance is good in hand. The hammer faces are dressed decently, not perfect, but very good. They also show good hardening.Small star deduction because the paint and lacquering job was a little messy, and needed some extra hand work, which I did.A nice value for the $13 paid. Little hammers are expensive, and this is a nice and useful shape.

I am doing an old car resto and I needed to get a small hammer to tap out some trim dings. This worked out great. It's not professional grade, but neither am I and it worked fine.

My hammer arrived with a substantial gouge in the handle, one that did not appear to come about during the last leg of shipment as the box was fully intact (1/8" deep by 3/16" wide by 1" long). In the first inch down from the head the handle is quite rough, as if there is no finish on it--- it's hard to tell, but certainly there is not much--- and for sure it was not smoothed there in the first place.The handle appears to be epoxied in, with some sort of circular metal insert in the top that probably functions in an analogous manner to the traditional wooden wedge. OK. But the epoxy forms a substantial bead below the head, around the handle, suggesting that the handles were perhaps deliberately milled to loose fit so as to speed up assembly.The hammer that I received is not of exactly the same appearance as the one shown. Probably the 8oz hammer head is on the shown drawing. The head on the one that I received says 4oz on one side and China on the other.Moving off from the subject of quality, I had consumed some the koolaid to the effect that these cross-pein hammers--- that is the correct spelling, not "peen"--- were a brilliant British invention that permits the woodworker to start to drive brads without hitting his fingers with the edge of the hammer head. Nothing could be more absurd. I just tried it and every time the cross pein slips off the nail head and hits my fingers; the round head for driving does not. The cross pein has a fairly rounded edge, but if you want it more square you could of course take a mill file to it and fix that.If you remember the hemorrhoid-inducing "British racing bike" design of 50-60 years ago, you'll appreciate what I'm saying about this British "invention".On the plus side, I did just now drive a 4d 1 1/2" headless cut nail through a 3/4" red cedar board using this hammer--- no difficulty driving it home despite the fact that I did not use a pilot hole. (I had feared when I first felt how light is was that I should have gotten the 8oz model; not so.)

If you do any jewelry work you know that you either have to have good tools or stop. When it comes to shaping metals the planishing hammer and the cross peen are abou the most used in my stable. My heart sank when I saw the China stampe don the side of the head expecting that I had bought another piece of junk. Big surprise. After checking the polish and polishing where I needed it this hammer performs well nicely balanced and just the exact weight I need for copper and silver.

Superb quality and great balance. This is my second one - I have two work locations and it's great to have a "buddy" in each one.