Bush hammer or pneumatic point

["Disbrow Consulting" <diz@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>]

I hope I didn't misspeak Bill,
I was just guessing the weight based upon a 13 inch fiberglass handle.  I
tend to use long handle hammers personally because of the torque that the
short handle ones put on my elbow.  That is also why I tend to dead-blow the
shorter handled hammers too.  I like to be able to use my arm at the end of
the day.  The point on the titanium tipped hammer you showed would certainly
move a lot of material in a hurry even when used more as a monster pointed
chisel than as a hammer itself.  I can imagine that it could be sheer
delight on softer material if used cautiously.  I can also see it as an
implement for making home-made sand if used at too steep of an angle.  I
have a small stone axe that I made out of an antique woodsplitting maul that
I use to split large flat stones when I want to get a nice wide step or
center stone.  It's about five pounds. I de-tempered it in a couple wood
fires, then hard faced it with an arcwelder.  The eye is a weird one, which
I couldn't fit with either a maul, sledge, or hammer handle.  It is too thin
and  is also conical.  I ended up fitting it with a turned table leg from a
wreck in the hayloft.  The bulb that was originally about midway up the
table leg makes a nice handhold to keep the cutting head in position for
striking with another sledge type implement.  On a good day I can slice a
nice flat round stone in half for two steps by striking the stone in
rotation around the outside grain of the stone.  It's always nice when the
stone just sort of opens like a book.  On not so good days...well.. I always
have use for backfill?  The monster hammer that you showed looks like it
would really be useful at cutting concave lines without over straining
softer materials and breaking them.  My concern for harder material is that
it might tend to skip when struck hard by a felling hammer.  I'd love to
play with one of them and see what they can do.  If I find a broken
"railroad hammer" at a yardsale I might try making a version of that one for
some fun... isn't that what it's all about?

Glad you think that hammer has some whammy to it Craig.
You leave open the question of whether anything
constructive could be done with it.

Bill