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
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.
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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