[TheForge] Just watched the Mythbusters try to shatter hammers

[Jerry Frost]

Mythbusters got this one wrong.

I've seen it happen a couple times in person. I went to 
Jr. and high school with a clown who shall go unnamed 
but was famous for the stupid things he did on a 
regular basis. Jr. high metal shop 1, right after 
reading the chapter, taking the safety test and 
watching the Primitive Pete movie warning (among other 
things) about the hazards of banging hammers together, 
dingle berry made a point of whacking two ball pein 
hammers together. Face to face, not pein to pein. About 
the fourth whack and a chip popped with a loud crack.

Nobody hurt and numb butt was 86'd. I've seen other 
hammers chip but that was the most definitive, 
predictable, blatant. . . (not sure what term I want)

I don't know about new hammers but old ones sure will 
chip and I won't take a chance on any of them.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

From: "Justin Fisher" <justinf at pixelations.com>


> Mostly they were using claw hammers, set up in a rig 
> to smack two hammers face-to-face.  They even tried 
> hardening the hammers, and at the end they aimed a 
> hammer at Chinese Anvil-Shaped Object.  No 
> shattering, not even any chipping.
>
> They concluded that hammers don't shatter, even if 
> abused.
>
> Comments?
>
>
> --Justin Fisher,
> generally avoiding hitting my hammers with other 
> hammers.
> >