This hammer is so useful you don't realize it until you get it and it's gone. I was fortunate to inherit some of my father's old tools and often used his rubber mallet. One day I had to renovate a house and a handyman came with some helpers. They were there for about a week and opened a shop in my garage because of the bad weather. A few months later I went to my rubber mallet and couldn't find it where I always kept it on an open shelf in my garage. I searched and searched, then I remembered the workers. I hate to blame anyone when I don't know for sure, but it's been a few months and I still haven't found it, so I bought it. I really miss my dad's old hammer - when I used it it seemed like it was helping me.