Ideal for welding and tool/machinery repair/maintenance. Works like a nice little hammer for small adjustments when welding, breaks off slag, works like a crowbar, can use the handle as leverage, great for cutting, can stick thin ends through parts to move hot plates with every little hole. One can use the end of the chisel to line up the holes and use a hammer to press it in place, or take another hammer and hit the face of the hammer to force something to line up, or the point use to reach in and create that gap to make something, then pry for one reason or another. Similar hammers used to be used, cheaper to save money, with plastic/fiberglass/resin handles, but they buckled under stress. This hammer has not been abused but rather worked and pushed for my specific job needs. This is a piece I've been looking forward to for years.