buy the best quality you can put your hands on but still be cautious of all of them!
I have a brute cp hammer that takes the full .5" shanks that I've broke a lot of heavy truck frame hucks and you name it with..
but I've got a couple of scars from well made tools also so be careful!
busted chisel carnage.. took two doctors over an hour to dig it all out and a couple of stitches to close it up..
I've also got a small scar, about 1/8" on my left cheek from tool splinter busting the ends of a drag link on a rig..
that one went to the bone, only dripped a little at first but didn't swell up until next day..
guys at work confirmed the fragment was still in there with a magnet, pretty gross watching it roll my cheek around..
doc located it with paperclips taped to my cheek for the x-rays and got it out with only tiny scar..
thankfully, my modeling days are long gone, lol..
good luck!