Sledgehammers

Sledgehammer

— the largest and most massive type of hammers, which is sometimes even distinguished into a separate class of tools. Sledgehammers have a striker weight of 800 g (in the most massive models it can be 12 kg or even more), most often they involve holding with two hands and are used for the most rough and hard work that requires exceptional impact power. The head of such a tool most often has a square section and a symmetrical layout, with strikers on both sides; however, there are other options — in particular, sledgehammers with a toe in the form of a wedge, as in the carpentry hammers described above.