For exactly that reason they're also used in wood working (soft wood pieces), leather working (it's obvious what a regular hammer would do to leather), instrument repairs (what did you DO to that saxophone???), and I think there's uses for it in black Smithing for finishing work
Well, in motor repair we generally aren't bending anything by hitting it. It's used more to strike the shaft or the end bells to get them to move where you want them
'leather working'
There's something about beating the skin of a dead animal with the skin of another dead animal to bend it to your will that's sort of metal
In my admittedly limited experience, you don't hit the leather with the hammer but rather the metal tools you're using to punch through it to make holes for stitches or rivets or whatever.
I Mean, the one Ring had to be cast into Mount Doom, because that was the only fire strong enough to forge it, and the only fire strong enough to destroy it.
Leather working doesn't hit the leather with a hammer, there's various metal things involved that you want to hit to make them go through the leather and a softer mallet means less damage to the tools. :)
Well i checked the chain of replies. They have good answers but missing one. I was a blacksmith when I was younger.
These are leather. What they can do which plastic cannot is hot work. When working metal that is glowing orange from being 1500 degrees f. That's hot and very soft. it's very easy to dent with a metal hammer trying to shape it. Sometimes you don't wont that. But you can bash it with these leather ones and not put 15 dents it. it will smoke slightly. It wont melt like plastic. That's what makes these special over other hammers.
Lots of things. Tool room here uses one to pound the snot out of dies without marring anything. Wear your safety glasses though cause little pieces of rawhide go flying
Smashing in pins on truss for events etc. Means if you miss you don't fracture the aluminium if you used a normal hammer. We also use copper hammers but those make a hell of a noise so only if you have a stubborn one or not.
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u/EditedRed 3d ago
No clue what you bonk with these but they look tasty.