Timeline for Was throwing hammers as weapons common during European medieval combat?
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| Sep 17, 2021 at 0:20 | comment | added | Daniel | @Pureferret There is no evidence for hammers being thrown. Missiles were arrows, bolts and javelins for the most part - slings still had some use, including staff slings which were slings mounted at the end of a pole using similar principles to the trebuchet. In dueling spears could be thrown or even swords, in one instance the pommel of a sword is unscrewed and thrown at the opponent, threaded tangs appeared in the late middle ages. | |
| Sep 16, 2021 at 23:59 | comment | added | Daniel | @PieterGeerkens Hammer throwing is a sporting event, so is caber tossing. I don't think any of the Highland Game events are based on combat. | |
| Sep 14, 2021 at 7:10 | comment | added | jwenting | @Jos thank you for your service. I wanted to join the air force but was rejected during my conscription medical 35 or so years ago on health reasons. | |
| Sep 14, 2021 at 7:05 | comment | added | Jos | @jwenting I served in the Marechaussee, 40 years ago. I know all about it. And boy, can I tell you some stories you won't believe! :-) | |
| Sep 14, 2021 at 6:43 | comment | added | jwenting | @Jos I know, weapons laws here in the Netherlands are insane. Remember when several years ago they wanted to ban tyre irons and black clothes "because they're frequently used by criminals"? | |
| Sep 13, 2021 at 10:11 | comment | added | Jos | @jwenting Actually, if you add a loop through the hole of the hammer, it will be considered as a weapon in The Netherlands. You are allowed to have such a hammer in a toolbox, but if you happened to have one in your car, it is an illegal weapon. | |
| Sep 13, 2021 at 9:50 | comment | added | jwenting | @ed.hank I can envision a hammer at the end of a rope or chain. Cast and reel in, see what you catch :) | |
| Sep 12, 2021 at 8:46 | comment | added | Jos | @PieterGeerkens Isn't hammer throwing a sport? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_throw | |
| Sep 12, 2021 at 5:21 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | @ed.hank: The other side throws it back of course: and one gets to practice "hammer catching". | |
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| Sep 11, 2021 at 13:54 | comment | added | ed.hank | soldiers also typically carried only 1 war hammer after you throw it then what? | |
| Sep 11, 2021 at 10:14 | comment | added | AncientSwordRage | What you say makes absolute logical sense, but I'm reluctant to accept without some notion that we've tried to prove the negative, even if just by lack of evidence? | |
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| Sep 11, 2021 at 6:06 | history | answered | Jos | CC BY-SA 4.0 |