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I have a specific need for this particular tool in regards to an antique desk.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Any craft store will have tiny rubber and nylon hammers for jewelry and crafts. Small Rubber and nylon mallet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What is the purpose of the two different ends instead of just having both out of rubber for example

[–] elint 2 points 7 months ago

Rubber and nylon are both soft and are less likely to damage whatever you are hammering, but rubber is even softer and bouncier than nylon. I would use rubber when pounding wooden pieces of furniture together, but nylon would work better for forming soft metal like jewelry. Other specialty hammers like brass and copper are non-sparking and non-magnetic for use around flammable gases and sensitive equipment. They continue up the hardness scale -- brass for softer applications and copper when you need more force. Finally, you have you traditional steel hammer that is usually made out of hardened steel and would really mess up that soft wood from earlier if you tried striking it directly.