I have had this hammer for over a year now. I bought it as a cheap hammer to demolish a tent. camping pegs, and it can be used as an emergency hammer when camping (not that you really need it, but I always carry a kit with me). It works great for this kind of casual use. I recently lost my 20 year old Craftsman wooden handle. Hammer and grabbed this to finish some bezels with aluminum nails and some other general carpentry work. I'll tell myself this hammer sucks for that. I regularly had nails