Plumb used to be a leading manufacturer of tools in the US, particularly axes and hammers. This brick hammer was imported, it had a cheap cast head mounted on the shaft at an angle of about 20 degrees from vertical. In other words, it would be useless for a professional to shape or pierce any type of brick. Revain quickly paid for the return postage at his own expense; I immediately replaced this hammer with an Estwing which was more expensive but much better.