ESTWING Special Edition Rock Pick - 22 oz Geology Hammer with Pointed Tip & Genuine Leather Grip - E30SE

Quality.

Strong hammer made well it breaks rocks like enough the leather hammer and the special edition logo makes this hammer a time piece someone who works in the field or someone as myself who just enjoy smashing works and made in the USA

I bought this specifically to take out to Nevada and worked a cliff for Opals for two days. This item is top notch! I didn't even have to use my larger pick as it took too much wall of, this was perfect! Mind you this is clay not hard rock, but I also use it rock hounding around the Cascade Mountains. I went with the leather grip and it was worth the extra couple bucks for sure! I highly recommend this to any rock hound. Since I do a ton of camping it comes in very handy as well when pounding or prying stakes when setting up and collapsing your tent. It is super handy around the campsite IE for also making sticks of kindling, but be careful!

Well made

Outstanding piece of equipment/accoutrements. Well made, sturdy, grips well, excellent quality, real leather, heavy heft, can't find a better mineralogist's pick. Bound to find great specimens in tailings dumps.

I bought this for use as a field geologist during field camp. This thing is amazing, I love the way it looks and feels. I purchased it and was hesitant on smacking rocks with it at first but once you break it in you don't fear so much any more. The leather handle makes use bearable and even after hitting some hard minerals and rocks with this, the strike face doesn't look too bad. The only downside I can think of is that the surface does get some rust after extended use. But otherwise a solid rock hammer.

As it is a top quality tool, hopefully the unknown courier driver who actually has possession of the hammer finds it performs well.

This is my second buy since a decade ago because I lost it in the field. The hammer indeed very long lasting.