Abstract: An improved timber wedge featuring an elongated wedge shaped body formed of natural materials such as wood or plastic or other synthetic material. The wedge shaped body is protected from hammer blows incurred during use by a removable impact protection cap mounted upon the striking end of the wedge which also reinforces the wedge body at the impact end. The cap is held to the body by a screw therethrough which friction mounts to cooperating threads in the wedge body interior or cooperatively engages a nut in an in line relationship with the screw and accessible from the side of the wedge. Releasable glue may also be used to hold the impact resistant cap to the wedge shaped body.