HalderBaseplex Soft-Faced Mallet 3968.030 - Hard Plastic Insert, Hard Nylon Insert, Zinc Die-Cast Housing, Overstrike Protector, 30mm, 12.7 Oz.

I am really impressed with this hammer, it has a nice handle and great balance. As soon as it arrived, I immediately put it to work on a restoration project I was working on and it was great to use.

This is a compact mallet. Like for making small furniture. It's powerful because all the weights in the head. So if you swing it you can apply some power. But I imagine this will be more suited to light tapping of things into place

Every time you have to hit something, you want the tool to work, correctly, not bounce or break, just work. This one does that well.

I should have researched more it’s of a nice quality just small for what I need

I bought this hammer as a smaller version of a Halder hammer I already owned. The handle is pretty skinny on this version but works fine for the light work you will use a hammer of this type for. What I would have preferred is to get two head materials which weren't so similar in hardness. I know they are replaceable, and for my larger hammer I have like 6 choices- but overall the red plastic, and white delrin material used on this hammer are nearly identical in hardness, would have preferred either the black or blue rubber material just for a softer option. Otherwise, no complaints.

Nice hammer!

I do sheetmetal for a living and I needed a hammer like this so I wouldn't scratch the finish . It did its job but it is small and the head broke off. It is what it is.

I like how the top center of the mallet doesn't extend past the heads.