The Vaughan soft-face hammer is a drop-forged striking tool built the way professional framing and striking hammers are supposed to be made. The head is forged from a single billet of high-carbon steel, heat-treated for durability, and seated on a handle rated for real work.
It’s made for working on machined parts and polished surfaces where a steel face would leave a mark. Vaughan hammers show up on professional jobsites because they hold up — they don’t chip, the handle doesn’t loosen, and they keep the same face geometry through years of use.
Vaughan has been forging hammers and striking tools in Hebron, Illinois since 1869. The company is one of the oldest continuously operating hammer makers in the United States, and its California Framer pattern is a standard on professional framing crews across the country.
