I ordered this hammer for the small ironwork I do, but turns out this little 1-3/4 lb for its size can actually move steel! The face is already rounded so you don't have to put it down like other hammers, you can just take it out of the box and hit it. Very high quality and very little if any shocking. I can only recommend this hammer! To update. I had to round up the favorite a bit, but that's okay.