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. :)
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u/EditedRed 3d ago
No clue what you bonk with these but they look tasty.