dbrandow Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Pretty off-topic, but I recently saw a movie poster for the upcoming movie Thor, and its ridiculously oversized hammer. I did some rough estimates, and I figure that the hammer is about 4 3/4" by 4 3/4" by 13.5", which would put it (very) roughly at 86 pounds. Good thing he's a god, I guess, I feel reasonably confident I wouldn't look quite as graceful carrying an 86 pound hammer. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisG Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 What? That's a nail making hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Tack hammer for the normal man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 That's how he got his name---after swinging that hammer all day he was "real Thor" the next day! It'd be only about 50 pounds in Titanium... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maillemaker Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Bear in mind: fiction! Ironman's suit isn't physically possible, and the only thing you'd get from a radioactive spider bite is poison. Plus, would it look particularly impressive for the Norse thunder god to tote a three-pound cross-peen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIG Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Is This movie gonna come out in theaters???? I don't keep up with things. We Don't have any theaters in my town or county. Only 200+ in my town. So internet and TV is only chance I get to hear of such. But wouldn't mind seeing a movie about old Thor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Thor (Tor) is around here somewhere. He was last seen swimming west after the vikings converted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphy Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 We had a hammer that size when I worked at Austal ship yard in Mobile Ala. It weighed about 15 pounds, "it was aluminum":) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Which would weigh about 30 pounds in those dimensions. (according to the mass3 calculator over at anvilfire) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Biggest hammer I've seen was last week. Brian Brazeal had it with him. I believe he said it weighed 30 lbs. That's my little six pound hammer to the left by way of comparison. And yes, they did actually swing it...to drive an anvil stand with the anvil on it into the ground to level it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I talked to a fellow who had been in the CCC and he said they had to swing a 32# sledge all day long road building in the mountains. Don't know as to the accuracy of that story but have run across other 32# sledge reports. Seems like 20# is the largest the stores carry nowadays around here and when I married my wife she came equipped with a 17# sledge+handle that is my max in the shop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 We had a sledge that weighed over 20 pounds when I worked at Sample`s Shipyard. Everybody call it "Monday", cause no matter what day it was if you had to swing it it felt like a Monday. They also had a huge wood mallet had out of Hornbeam that we used to drive oak dunnage and wedges. That one was "The rear admiral" cause it packed more punch than a commander and always kicked your butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braedon Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 that hammer would make a good anvil for a treddle hammer :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 We had a sledge that weighed over 20 pounds when I worked at Sample`s Shipyard. Everybody call it "Monday", cause no matter what day it was if you had to swing it it felt like a Monday. They also had a huge wood mallet had out of Hornbeam that we used to drive oak dunnage and wedges. That one was "The rear admiral" cause it packed more punch than a commander and always kicked your butt. Did you also use large wooden mallets known as commanders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calala Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Thats not a hammer, this is a hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecart Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Well. . . I WAS going out to the forge today, but now I'm tired just from reading this post! These hammers make you appreciate the lighter stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 how you need the right size anvil to go with the hammer and don't forget the tongs Thats not a hammer, this is a hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Ahh the old Scottish caber-hammer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Did you also use large wooden mallets known as commanders? I used to know the proper progression of wooden mallets.They ranged from beetle thru commander IIRC. Most of the shipyard hands weren`t as concerned with correct names. They just referred to them as a BFH, RBFH or "Get the Admiral". :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Face it, if that dude can't lift it, this Pillsbury Doughboy body doesn't stand a chance. In theaters 6-16-2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons lair Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Thor (Tor) is around here somewhere. He was last seen swimming west after the vikings converted. Converted to what? And why. A good longship,Shield,sword and axe and this old swendska will sirvive Course a M2 or a M60 would help. BTW my uncle was Thor. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 This i me holding a 25Kg sledge. This sledge was used by a man working in the foundry in Björneborg, Sweden. He worked with breaking up the 60Kg pig iron ingots but he was disappointed with the standard sledges since it took him 2-3 blows to break the pig iron, so he ordered this sledge instead. With this sledge he could break the pigs with only one blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thjoth Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Just keep in mind the Norse were a little more practical than that. The Mjöllnir ("Crusher") of legend can change size so that Thor carries it around in his tunic (imagine your hammer shrinking so that you could carry it in your shirt pocket), and when he needs it, it will change to whatever size he happens to need it, usually the one that lets him crush skulls. Although, there was that incident where he flattened a mountain... ...in any case, I doubt you'll see it shrink up and go on a necklace or something in the movie, because Hollywood has no setting other than "huge, loud and flashy" As an interesting aside, Mjöllnir is actually a screwup. The handle was supposed to be longer, but while the smith was forging it, a fly (purportedly Loki in disguise)came down and bit the guy on the bellows in the eye, which made him stop pumping air into the forge for a second and messed up the heat. Apparently whatever material Dwarves forge is very finicky for heat, and their forges are very finicky for air... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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