The striking side of a modern carpenter's hammer is called the head.
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The blunt end of the hammer is called the 'peen.' Other parts of the hammer include the face, the head, the eye and the cheek.
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Pointed nails part the fiber of the timber. But ... this is exactly why you do not want to use sharp nails. The sharp nails push the fibers in the wood grain apart causing the wood to split along the grain. A blunt nail crushes through the fibers leaving the grain intact.
The end of a kite is called the tail.
The hammer (Hammer time!).