TEKTON Mining Sledge Hammers have large, flat faces that deliver heavy strikes for pounding stakes, chisels, and wedges, and for freeing seized or press-fit components. The short handle offers controlled swings in confined spaces. This combination makes the mining sledge useful in stonework, demolition, and general mechanical work. A steel collar provides overstrike protection, helping prevent damage to the wooden handle just below the head. A tapered Torx wedge screw expands the wooden handle within the hammer eye hole to secure the head. The hammer is made up of a Torx wedge screw, a steel head with polished faces and black powder coat finish, a steel collar with red powder coat finish, and a hickory handle with clear coat finish.