Flexible sledgehammer - GIF and videos

[12bolts]

Sorry Frank but I beg to differ. Watch any good blacksmith and you will see them choking up on the hammer, especially when they are swinging a good size hammer 1 handed. And it is standard practice for a blacksmith when swinging a big hammer 2 handed. Its all about precision. They rely on the hammer mass to deliver the blow; and a choked, and fixed 2 handed grip to make the hammer land where they want that blow to be.

Phil