The Hammer Quiz - Neatorama

Our pal Rob of What Is It? Blog has compiled a quiz for all of you tool enthusiasts. It's about hammers - but not just any ol' hammer to bang on stuff. Some of 'em are pretty darned obscure.

See if you know these 23 hammers: The Hammer Quiz - Thanks Rob but you forgot this one).

Great, now that "If I Had a Hammer" song is going to be stuck in my head all day long - bah!

Speaking of that, though, this McSweeney's post on Pete Seeger's requests for a hammer is pretty darned funny -and- in keeping with the theme of this quiz ...

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That has to be the creepiest thing I've ever seen. Looks like a medieval torture device! Or a weapon of war. Brr.

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Stop! Hammer time.

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we need a contest where we think of the funniest things these could be used for.

pictured above: a witch tenderizer.

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luke:

when can i go again?

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Not a clue

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Looks painful, aaght

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gotta say, the only one I knew was the first double claw hammer, and only because a teacher of mine collects antique and rare tools. He refers to a certain double claw hammer (the exact one escapes me) as the holy grail of tools, and searches for it to this day.

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daggerphish:

go

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This isn't a hammer - it's a comb that these chicks use...

http://www.kk.org/truefilms/archives/JoinedLife1.jpg

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http://motalkirrrpalkiwww.md http://motalkirrrpalkiwww.md

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