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McSanta
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Posted: 1/31/10 at 9:25am |
A little Scottish Hammer History
In the Scottish highlands the missile took the form of a smith's sledgehammer, and in this form the sport became popular in England in early days. Edward II is said to have fostered it, and Henry VIII is known to have been proficient. At the beginning of the19th century two standard hammers were generally recognized in Scotland, the heavy hammer, weighing about 21 Ib, and the light hammer, weighing about 16 Ib. These were in general use until about 1885, although the light hammer gradually attained popularity at the expense of the heavy. Although originally an ordinary blacksmith's sledge with a handle about 3 ft. long, the form of the head was gradually modified until it acquired its present spherical shape, and the stiff wooden handle gave place to one of flexible whalebone about 5/8 in. in diameter. --- from The Encyclopædia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information, Volume 12, At the University Press, 1910 I wonder how tacky works on whale bone? |
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Mark McVey
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weaselking
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Using whale bone in this sport is similar to cannibalism, isn't it?
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