One-piece forged-steel construction (head and shaft from a single billet) with Estwing’s signature blue Shock Reduction grip on the handle. The pointed tip on the back of the head is the working end for prying loose samples or breaking off thin shale; the smooth face is for trimming. Indestructible — no wood handle to crack or fiberglass to delaminate.
This is the geology-class field hammer, the rockhound’s daily tool, and what arborists use when they need to chip mortar or bricks. Survives being thrown in a truck bed, dropped down talus slopes, and forgotten in the rain.
Estwing forges hand tools in Rockford, Illinois — operating since 1923.