This 24oz/672g English Estwing hammer is great, you can drive in large and small nails very efficiently. repair and conversion work; The first time I used one of these hammers was when I was helping to renovate a building in Queensland, Australia in 2005 and I was shocked that it weighed 24 oz / 672 g and it didn't take me long to get to it Understand why most Australian carpenters use this type of Estwing hammer. So if you want a really great all-purpose hammer, I highly recommend this one. You can hammer in 16D or 8D nails and you don't have to worry about getting offset face marks on the wood. That's it JV Nick "Nichols, DC!, US Coast Guard, (RET.)