Editing Hammer (section)

===Hand-powered===
* [[Ball-peen hammer]],<ref name="bs876">''British Standard BS 876:1995 Specification for Hand Hammers''</ref> or mechanic's hammer
* Boiler scaling hammer<ref name="bs876" />
* Brass hammer, also known as non-sparking hammer or spark-proof hammer and used mainly in flammable areas like oil fields
* Bricklayer's hammer
* Carpenter's hammer (used for nailing), such as the [[framing hammer]] and the [[claw hammer]], and pinhammers (ball-peen and cross-peen types)<ref name="bs876" />
* Cow hammer – sometimes used for [[animal slaughter|livestock slaughter]], a practice now [[deprecation|deprecated]] due to [[animal cruelty|animal welfare]] objections<ref name=FAO>{{cite web|title=Slaughter of livestock|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6909e/x6909e09.htm|website=FAO Corporate Document Repository|publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]]|access-date=2015-07-10|archive-date=27 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627204715/http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6909e/x6909e09.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Cross-peen hammer,<ref name="bs876" /> having one round face and one wedge-peen face.
* [[Dead blow hammer]] delivers impact with very little recoil, often due to a hollow head filled with sand, [[lead shot]] or pellets
* Demolition hammer
* [[Lump hammer|Drilling hammer]] – a short handled sledgehammer originally used for drilling in rock with a chisel. The name usually refers to a hammer with a {{convert|2|to|4|lb|adj=on}} head and a {{convert|10|in|adj=on}} handle, also called a "single-jack" hammer because it was used by one person drilling, holding the chisel in one hand and the hammer in the other.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/publications/fs_publications/05232810/page15.cfm |title=Tools for Pounding and Hammering |access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref> In modern usage, the term is mostly interchangeable with "engineer's hammer", although it can indicate a version with a slightly shorter handle.
* Engineer's hammer, a short-handled hammer, was originally an essential components of a [[railroad engineer]]'s toolkit for working on steam locomotives.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=[[American Engineer and Railroad Journal]] |date=February 1909 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDkOAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA55 |page=55 |title=Handling Locomotive Supplies, Part III.--Standardization |author=Fish Ensie, E. |access-date=2013-08-03}}</ref> Typical weight is 2–4&nbsp;lbs (0.9–1.8&nbsp;kg) with a 12–14-inch (30–35&nbsp;cm) handle. Originally these were often cross-peen hammers, with one round face and one wedge-peen face, but in modern usage the term primarily refers to hammers with two round faces.
* [[Gavel]], used by judges and presiding authorities to draw attention 
* [[Geologist's hammer]] or rock pick
* Joiner's hammer, or [[Warrington hammer]]<ref name="bs876" />
* Knife-edged hammer, its properties developed to aid a hammerer in the act of slicing whilst bludgeoning
* [[Axe|Lathe hammer]] (also known as a lath hammer, lathing hammer, or lathing hatchet), a tool used for cutting and nailing wood [[lath]], which has a small hatchet blade on one side (with a small, lateral nick for pulling nails) and a hammer head on the other<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/lathing+hammer|title=Lathing hammer|journal=[[The Free Dictionary]]|author=Farlex}}</ref>
* [[Lump hammer]], or club hammer
* [[Mallet]]s, including versions made with hard rubber or rolled sheets of [[rawhide (material)|rawhide]]
* Railway track keying hammer<ref name="bs876" />
* Magnetic double-head hammer
* Magnetic tack hammer
* [[Rock climbing hammer]]
* Rounding hammer, Blacksmith or farrier hammer. Round face generally for moving or drawing metal and flat for "planishing" or smoothing out the surface marks.
* Shingler's hammer
* [[Sledgehammer]]
* [[Soft-faced hammer]]
* [[Spiking hammer]]
* [[Splitting maul]]
* Strike Tack hammer
* [[Stonemason's hammer]]
* [[Tinning|Tinner]]'s hammer
* [[Upholstery hammer]]
* [[Welding|Welder]]'s chipping hammer<ref name="bs876" />