Smooth Face Framing Hammer - 17 oz

I have had this conversation hammer for a few years now, it's held up well for everything from commercial framing, demolition, and even does well when doing general carpentry. It's a bit big for finish trim work, but I always keep this hammer in my nail apron

I bought this hammer about 5 years ago, and it has held up well. I did framing with it for 3 years, and now remodeling for the past 2 years. No chipping/mushrooming in the face despite abusing it to break stone and concrete ties, although the claws have worn a decent bit using them to scrape old tile butter off the subfloor/underlayment to get to the screws. Regardless, they'll still grab a board or pull a nail without issue. The grip has remained in near mint condition, even though I have abused this poor hammer. I may be retiring it on account of getting a Martinez M1 for my birthday recently, but it'll stay in my work truck for those hard demo days. Only thing to look out for is the full steel construction. Vibration/shock is definitely noticeable and your arm will hurt swinging it constantly over time. But you get incredible durability out of it, way more than a hickory handle. The only way to get around this is to spend 5X more on a titanium hammer. Overall for this price range, you'd be hard pressed to find a better hammer. Maybe an Estwing could hold it's own compared to this, but that's more of a preference. No complaints with this hammer!

I am very disapointed because after 2 month my hammer became very rusty and I dont know why! I never left it wet...