This section is from the book "The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making", by David Denning. Also available from Amazon: The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making.
The usual and most useful form of this for cabinet-makers is that shown in Fig. 34.

Fig 34 - Hammer.
This is a kind of wooden hammer, and is useful where the iron one would injure either a tool handle or the work. It need not be heavy.
 
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