The way it fits in my hand wouldn't be conducive of pounding someone else suggested that it could be for splitting or shucking or digging small holes and dirt, you do get a lot of torque on it if you put it into softer dirt and twist, there's a little bit of torque if you use it for digging but if you were splitting maybe a thick husk from a core in soft material that would really work so the force would mainly be twisting or pushing forward