A ship maul, also known as a top maul or pin maul, is lighter weight and easier to handle than a spike maul and originated as a tool for striking and driving pins, wedges, and spikes in wooden shipbuilding.

Ship mauls are also used in metal shipbuilding, railroad track maintenance, blacksmithing, and other jobs. The 5 lb. head features a round, 2 striking face at one end and a smaller diameter striking face at the other. It is typically matched with a 32 handle, rather than the 36 handle used with spike mauls.

For more than a century, Warwood Tools have been forged in the same shop in Wheeling, West Virginia, by American workers from premium U.S. steel.

Additional Information

Drop-forged, carbon steel head
5 lb. weight
9 length
2 diameter face
Handle choices
- Tool only
- 32 American hickory
- 32 American hickory with proprietary safety grip
- 34 fiberglass handle