I had a woken handle tomahawk chipping hammer that lasted for a long time, and then it was destroyed by a helper using it as a sledgehammer; makes me mad just remembering that day. I got another on his expense, day one of having the new one I thought I should take precautions and reinforce it. Long story short, it lasted a long time but n the end, it broke due to being used a lot and probably won't get another one. I now am the very proud owner of a east wing, I call it the Michael Jordan of chipping hammers.