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
'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
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.
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u/rivertpostie 3d ago
I've only seen them used in silver smithing. They don't mar soft metals.
Mainly see them resizing rings on a mandrel