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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

That takes guts! What was he going to do with that hammer? Build a bookcase?

Originally Posted by CCIP

While the story itself is silly and hilarious, don't mess with hammers! I'm quite serious on that, actually. Having grown up in 90s Russia, I can tell you right now that a hammer is one of the worst weapons that you can be surprised with. My dad had narrowly escaped a hammer attack once (with a timely block), and my family had personally known at least 2 people who suffered hammer attacks and were left with permanent damage as a result.

CCIP is quite correct, a hammer can easily be a lethal weapon. You get hit with one in the right spots (like almost anywhere around the brain) and you will never get up again. the Romans actually used something quite similar to construction hammer (minus the claw) actually to end the life of fallen gladiators with one blow. In the middle ages military hammers were quite popular as well.