Dead blow hammers are not really needed too often. For non-marring and non-mushrooming applications, the soft hammers (brass, nylon, rubber) should be used.

Dead blow gives a little more oomph by increasing the force dwell time - we're talking milliseconds here - instead of bouncing the hammer off the surface. This means a lot to the coppersmith by reducing fatigue on the job, or to a guy framing a house by pounding on the wood.

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