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VANDOO · 11th March 2009, 04:20 AM

VERY INTERESTING I HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS BEFORE.

I WOULD ASSUME FROM WHAT IS IN THE INFORMATION OF YOUR FIRST POST. 1. LONG HANDLES PERHAPS LIKE A CROQUET MALLET,
2. CYLENDRICAL HEADS ONCE AGAIN LIKE A CROQUET MALLET BUT LEAD INSTEAD OF WOOD.

THE THING THAT THROWS ME IS THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR USE BY POLICE. GENERALLY IN A SITUATION WHERE POLICE CONTROL A MOB THEY WOULD USE A LONG CLUB LIKE OBJECT PERHAPS WEIGHTED WITH LEAD IN THE END BUT NOT MADE LIKE A HAMMER. NOT ONLY WOULD SUCH A HAMMER BE LIKELY TO KILL A UNARMORED CITIZEN IT WOULD BE EASIER TO GET A GRIP BEHIND THAT HEAVY HEAD AND RENDER IT USLESS. SO A MORE STANDARD POLICE TYPE BILLY CLUB IS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE IF THE OBJECT OF THE POLICE WAS TO KILL A SWORD OR PIKE WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. IF THEY WERE POLICE WEAPONS WHY WERN'T THEY IN THE POLICE STATION AND UNDER GAURD.

THE OTHER POSSIBILTY IS THEY WERE SIMPLY MALLETS USED AS TOOLS TO DRIVE STAKES THAT WERE UNGARDED AND COULD BE USED AS WEAPONS BY THE CITIZENS AND WERE THE BEST THEY HAD READILY AVAILABLE IN LARGE SUPPLY.

NOT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT BUT THERE IS A MOVIE NOW OUT WHICH IS YET ANOTHER MODERN TWIST TO THE STORY OF BEOWOLF. WHY I MENTION IT HERE IS RON PERLMAN AS A VIKING CIRCIA 740 AD HAS SOME INTERESTING SCENES USING TWO WAR HAMMERS AT ONCE. IT LOOKS VERY FEARSOME AND FAST OF COURSE AND I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED A BIT MORE DETAIL AND TECKNIQUE BUT "THATS HOLLYWOOD"

THE MOVIES NAME IS (OUTLANDER)

11th March 2009, 04:20 AM	#7
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	VERY INTERESTING I HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. I WOULD ASSUME FROM WHAT IS IN THE INFORMATION OF YOUR FIRST POST. 1. LONG HANDLES PERHAPS LIKE A CROQUET MALLET, 2. CYLENDRICAL HEADS ONCE AGAIN LIKE A CROQUET MALLET BUT LEAD INSTEAD OF WOOD. THE THING THAT THROWS ME IS THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR USE BY POLICE. GENERALLY IN A SITUATION WHERE POLICE CONTROL A MOB THEY WOULD USE A LONG CLUB LIKE OBJECT PERHAPS WEIGHTED WITH LEAD IN THE END BUT NOT MADE LIKE A HAMMER. NOT ONLY WOULD SUCH A HAMMER BE LIKELY TO KILL A UNARMORED CITIZEN IT WOULD BE EASIER TO GET A GRIP BEHIND THAT HEAVY HEAD AND RENDER IT USLESS. SO A MORE STANDARD POLICE TYPE BILLY CLUB IS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE IF THE OBJECT OF THE POLICE WAS TO KILL A SWORD OR PIKE WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. IF THEY WERE POLICE WEAPONS WHY WERN'T THEY IN THE POLICE STATION AND UNDER GAURD. THE OTHER POSSIBILTY IS THEY WERE SIMPLY MALLETS USED AS TOOLS TO DRIVE STAKES THAT WERE UNGARDED AND COULD BE USED AS WEAPONS BY THE CITIZENS AND WERE THE BEST THEY HAD READILY AVAILABLE IN LARGE SUPPLY. NOT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT BUT THERE IS A MOVIE NOW OUT WHICH IS YET ANOTHER MODERN TWIST TO THE STORY OF BEOWOLF. WHY I MENTION IT HERE IS RON PERLMAN AS A VIKING CIRCIA 740 AD HAS SOME INTERESTING SCENES USING TWO WAR HAMMERS AT ONCE. IT LOOKS VERY FEARSOME AND FAST OF COURSE AND I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED A BIT MORE DETAIL AND TECKNIQUE BUT "THATS HOLLYWOOD" THE MOVIES NAME IS (OUTLANDER)