What hammer is the best for leather work?

Hammers, Mallets and Mauls all have their places in leather working.
The "Craft Hammer" is a great place to start - it's cheap and has 2 separate faces for multiple uses.
Ball Peen Hammers
These are fibreglass shafts with drop forged steel heads.
One side is a flat face for striking, the other is the Ball Peen- this is specifically used to “Peen” metal and used within leather work for setting rivets - (“Peening is the process of working a metal’s surface to improve its properties” and is a fun word to say”)
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Yellow Mallet
This is from Tandy leather and comes with most of their beginner sets. It has a 2 flat faces and is a good general use mallet, although it is quite lightweight. This can be used for tooling and rivet setting etcetera. Just be cautious that the face will take damage from metal tools.
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Tapered Maul
This is a tapered maul from Barry King.
This is exquisitely made. It has a great weight and balance.
This is now my “GOTO” striking tool.
The tapered head allows a greater degree of control of striking force.
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[@andylange4805]

Your background music is to loud.

[@Jer0867]

I've worked in engineering/fabrication type fields for almost 40 years, and I cannot see a single benefit of a maul, over other types of hammer/mallet. The rounded head means you have less striking area, making the likelihood of glancing off higher than with flat headed hammers or mallets. I just don't get it.

[@the8ctagon]

You didn't answer the question posed in the title.

[@Ouchimoo]

Next time, don't do the music.

[@timothymallon]

I'm just going to say, never strike metal on metal. Don't use a ball peen hammer on your leather tools. It will ruin the stamps! Weighted leather, or vinyl mauls are ALWAYS the best option for your leather working. Again, seriously, dont use ball peen hammers on your stamps! You will thank me in a year when you dont need to replace all your stamps because you ruined them

[@beybladefun]

you didn't even say what each hammer was food for. wtf