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<blockquote data-quote="Drifter Bob" data-source="post: 1761959" data-attributes="member: 17723"><p>Your point is well taken. My assertion is, even a six pound sledge hammer is too heavy to use as a weapon. A nine pound hammer is basically absurd. It doesn't matter how much damage you can do if your opponent can hit you four times before you can strike them, and can easily step out of your way before you do so. Try to imagine facing a spear with a 9 pound maul.</p><p></p><p>It may interest folks to know that contrary to most fantasy art and nearly every RPG, hammers intended for WAR as opposed to those intended for breaking rocks (or concrete) tended to be much lighter and have much smaller striking heads. In fact a war hamer with a three to five foot haft might have a striking head the size of a regular framing hammer.</p><p></p><p>Some real war hammers</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=80" target="_blank">http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=80</a></p><p><a href="http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=0" target="_blank">http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=0</a></p><p><a href="http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=38" target="_blank">http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=38</a></p><p></p><p>this one is the coolest war hammer I ever saw</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=82" target="_blank">http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=82</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>The same incidentally applies to axes. War-axes were more narrow and much lighter than those intended for hewing wood.</p><p></p><p>As for a mace, formidable wepaons as they are, they rarely exceeded 3 or 4 pounds in weight at the very most, with the exception of some very ancient ceremonial maces (often made of stone) which were essentially scepters. Most maces used in Europe in medieval or Renaissance times were in fact flanged. Partially to lighten them, and also to make a harder, thinner striking surface to break bones.</p><p></p><p>Some real maces</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=2" target="_blank">http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=2</a></p><p><a href="http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=19" target="_blank">http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=19</a></p><p><a href="http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=66" target="_blank">http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=66</a></p><p></p><p>this one looks a bit like saurons mace in LOTR the movie </p><p><a href="http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=64" target="_blank">http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=64</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>DB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Drifter Bob, post: 1761959, member: 17723"] Your point is well taken. My assertion is, even a six pound sledge hammer is too heavy to use as a weapon. A nine pound hammer is basically absurd. It doesn't matter how much damage you can do if your opponent can hit you four times before you can strike them, and can easily step out of your way before you do so. Try to imagine facing a spear with a 9 pound maul. It may interest folks to know that contrary to most fantasy art and nearly every RPG, hammers intended for WAR as opposed to those intended for breaking rocks (or concrete) tended to be much lighter and have much smaller striking heads. In fact a war hamer with a three to five foot haft might have a striking head the size of a regular framing hammer. Some real war hammers [url]http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=80[/url] [url]http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=0[/url] [url]http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=38[/url] this one is the coolest war hammer I ever saw [url]http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=82[/url] The same incidentally applies to axes. War-axes were more narrow and much lighter than those intended for hewing wood. As for a mace, formidable wepaons as they are, they rarely exceeded 3 or 4 pounds in weight at the very most, with the exception of some very ancient ceremonial maces (often made of stone) which were essentially scepters. Most maces used in Europe in medieval or Renaissance times were in fact flanged. Partially to lighten them, and also to make a harder, thinner striking surface to break bones. Some real maces [url]http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=2[/url] [url]http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=19[/url] [url]http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=66[/url] this one looks a bit like saurons mace in LOTR the movie [url]http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=64[/url] DB [/QUOTE]
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