> what else are you going to use? Even today there aren't many uses for metal (excluding brass) hammers apart from driving nails, stone (carving) chisels and e

> what else are you going to use? Even today there aren't many uses for metal (excluding brass) hammers apart from driving nails, stone (carving) chisels and everything involving deforming metal. For everything else you can use a "soft" hammer or mallet.