Hammers

The damascus steel war hammer - also known as the war hammer - is one of the weapons used from the 11th to the 16th century. These hammers were designed to pierce resistant and armoured targets. For this purpose, the war hammer offers two options, either to deform the armour under the force of the blow with the flat side of the hammer, or to perforate it with a sharp spike or spikes, or to wound the opponent directly through the gap between the plates. With the exception of head shots, a warrior in heavy plate armour was rarely killed by a few hits, but the deformed armour took his breath away and severely restricted his mobility. The paralyzed opponent was then an easy target. Among the injuries caused by the war hammer were mainly broken bones and ribs. Numerous experiments in modern times have proved that even the iron shell was not an unbreakable protection and could be penetrated to "deadly depths". Nowadays, this hammer is used for self-defence as well as a slaughter hammer for quick killing of cattle.