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For the purpose of rehafting, hammers can be divided into two groups. The claw or carpenter ’s hammer usually has a tapered socket and long neck, and is quite simple to rehaft. The wedge is set diagonally. Pin, cross pein, ball pein and brick hammers have a short tapered socket and are more difficult to...