Rock Bridge junior uses medieval-style weapon to defend home -- myArmoury.com

Aaron Hoard

Hammer time...

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/188314/rock-bridge-junior-uses-medieval-style-weapon-to-defend-his-home/

Robert Leach · Posted: Fri 15 May, 2015 1:26 pm Post subject:

Huh.

That would give you pause for thought, if you were the burglar, but I'd want a hammer with a blade atop the hammer head if things came to poking in a hallway or such......

Theo Squires · Posted: Fri 15 May, 2015 5:36 pm Post subject:

I think a hammer is a good choice - better than a sword and I'd favour it over a knife or dagger because it has a bit more reach and potentially more stopping power. But the main advantage of a hammer is ease of use for damage done. As long as you hit them with some velocity, the hammer head will concentrate quite a lot of force into a small area, breaking bones and causing massive internal injury. Better than a baseball bat for that reason, and more practical than a golf club in confined spaces.

Of course, this kid had the ideal response - the burglar ran away! I think a big scary hammer is more likely to do that than a sword, which might provoke laughter rather than fear given the prevalence of wall-hangers and the difficulty in using a sword well.

Edward Lee · Posted: Sat 16 May, 2015 9:50 am Post subject:

A big scary falchion would do, everyone is scared of choppers!

Not indicating that someone should ever use it on anyone else, but a blunt weapon such as a warhammer or mace is less damaging than a sword. It's a lot easier to cut someone and stab than a full forced bludgeoning. The mentality of fighting someone with a sharp blade in hand is already threatening.

Theo Squires · Posted: Sat 16 May, 2015 5:15 pm Post subject:

Well, I'm not sure if a warhammer or blunt weapon is more or less damaging than a sword. I'm confident that a blow to the head would be fatal in most cases and bludgeoning people can't be that difficult (not speaking from experience, of course). However, upon reflection I agree that a falchion or some similar chopping weapon would be better. I was thinking for my own situation I have at hand only cut and thrust swords optimised for thrusting and I would not be too confident using one of them to defend life and property (one is blunt anyway)- a falchion on the other hand....