Listen up.  This is a working man's tool. That's the design.  Mine came a bit dinged, like say metal parts had contacted it. Like say...it was at the bottom of a bin of these same hammers. If you bought this to work, you'll ding it up yourself. I will and I barely work manual labor anymore.  I used to use one of these till I lost it. The balance was perfect and it is in fact one piece of solid steel. So no part can wobble at all.  If I swing any hammer, I pick this if I have choices.