Good hammer. The head is slightly smaller than the standard 22oz Estwing that everyone loves and is about a quarter inch shorter from the front of the neck to the front of the head. It has great balance, better dampening than the standard 22, and slightly less ringing when you drive a nail in. I use a D metal holder and like to cut a pyramid shape out of the leather so the hammer handle doesn't get stuck and can actually fall out of the holder with this hammer, so I had to modify my holder a bit to stop it from happening. In general I like the hammers and now they are my main driver because they are very comfortable to swing.