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A claw hammer is used by Carpenter s and other trades, mainly to Nail or to remove nails from Wood . It has one flat face for hammering nails into wood, with the second having two claws, or a single claw with a vee shaped slot in it. The hammer claw is placed over a partially inserted nail, which fits into the vee slot. The outer face of the claw is often curved; the handle of the hammer is used as a lever to 'roll' the head along this curved face and pull the nail out of the wood.

A Framing Hammer is a large claw hammer used in framing carpentry.