Talk:Sledgehammer

message: The joke has no place in this article--especially not as almost half of the article.  Not even a link to the Internet Sledgehammer Joke Archive would.  Also, the 1980's tv show about Sledge Hammer is mentioned in the disambiguation page and doesn't need to be in the main article. --Adamrush 01:29, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted information 

message: A photo on the current page shows a bell pattern spike maul, which is not a sledge hammer. The caption claims it is a type of sedge hammer. There are many striking tools that take a long wooden handle, but not all of them are sledge hammers. A sledge hammer, in my experience, is more of a general purpose striking tool, while a spike maul is exclusively designed to drive railroad spikes. There is already an article for spike mauls on wikipedia, which I think should be preserved.  It would be similarly incorrect to call an axe, a beetle, a pick, or a post maul a type of sledge hammer.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.115.47.182 (talk) 04:37, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: spike maul

message: Should the information for the maul be moved to the maul page now? --Вlazzeee 14:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That is utter drivel. The sledge part of the word comes from Old English slecg, "a heavy hammer" - look up the etymology of the word in any dictionary --62.249.233.80 (talk) 11:27, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Maul

message: Sorry but the origin of the sledgehammer is completely wrong. It has absolutely nothing to do with sledges and shipbuilding. It is from Old English slecg, from Proto Germanic. *slagj- related to slean "to strike".  What's more, sledgehammers are used for smashing things, not for knocking out chucks.--62.249.233.80 (talk) 11:21, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the section because there wasn't any citation supporting it. Wizard191 (talk) 17:03, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  And I've put an etymology back in - with a citation! Boatgypsy (talk) 23:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Origin 

message: Ever found any information on the max velocity or energy these things could be swung with?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.219.151.200 (talk) 16:59, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Energy? 

message: I think sledgehammers are thusly named because they were originally invented for use at shipyards, and used for knocking away the wedges that held a ship on a sledge (on a slipway) in order to launch the ship into the water. I think I may have read something to that extent somewhere, but I have no reliable source. Maybe somebody else knows for sure. 188.192.109.47 (talk) 21:52, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: The caption says "10 pounds (4.5 kg) and 20 pounds (9.1 kg) sledgehammers". I want to change it to 10 pound (4.5 kg) and 20 pound (9.1 kg) sledgehammers" (no one says "I lift 50-pounds weights, when the correct syntax is "I lift 50-pound weights"), but the source shows a code instead of a sentence. Is deleting the code and adding an actual sentence the only way to deal with this caption?WIERDGREENMAN, Thane of Cawdor THE CAKE IS A LIE (talk) 20:45, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caption change? 

message: what does slaegan mean?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lemonchicken (talk • contribs) 22:54, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  what  

message: Just wondering why warhammers are listed as "related" in the lead. Was the sledge hammer specifically designed around a warhammer? Or is it simply because they have similar shapes and masses? But are otherwise unrelated. Because that seems a bit vague to have it be related. Like saying all spherical fruit is related.
I don't want to make assumptions about why it was included as being related, so I thought I would ask since no reasoning is given. VoidHalo (talk) 14:57, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warhammers are related?