I know what you are saying about weight, I feel confident in swinging a 10 without any trouble for a while.

Sledge hammers are suitable for heavy pounding tasks, including breaking through masonry or drywall, fracturing concrete or stone and dislodging trapped objects.

The energy argument seems right until I use something heavier and the mass/inertia just seems to take care of the job. I am looking to replace a couple of China no name sledge hammers that I sent off to the auction the other day. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Your hands will thank you if you ever miss a post with the head and instead hit the handle on the post.

If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. I know there's an urge to feel macho and swing a giant hammer, but you'll get more done with one that's easier to swing.I think my old ones were a tad light, but I did not weigh them and there was nothing on the head to show weight. Features an indestructible handle made with four spring steel bars that run all the way through the full length of the handle to resist overstrike without breaking. I laughed and handed it to my wife (who is much smaller) and she could barely lift it over her shoulder. No matter how much care you take, incorrectly hitting the hammer on the handle instead of the head cannot be avoided. I am looking at getting a couple of sledge hammers, I have been eyeballing the wilton BASH style hammers.

Standard Industrial grade Sledge Hammers are suited to all general purpose heavy striking applications. A bigger guy may prefer a bigger hammer but I could swing that thing all day knocking pins out of excavator booms over head or driving bull pricks through hard pan at ground level. I preferred the square design over the tapered heads because if you were banging 2x4 stakes in the ground you could use the square head sideways and it wouldn't split the wood so easily as it hit the whole flat surface of the stake. You want something massive enough that its weight dropping does most of the work, light enough that you can lift it as many times as necessary without exhausting yourself.

I'm actually shocked there hasn't been a post yet from someone claiming to have easily used a 20 pounder when they were in kindergarten or some such nonsense. I have looked at lots of sledges, I am pretty set in my decision on the Wilton line, they seem to be built the way I would build a hammer. I used every thing from the one handed sledge hammer, '4 pounder', to the heavier 20 lb sledge hammer.

Also I find that using sledge hammers with a fiber glass handle to be better in general then wooden handles. If you are a stronger person, someone who does manual labor a lot, and you find that you are breaking stone/concrete or driving post in to permafrost ground, in an area where accuracy is not important, then you might want to increase the weight to get done quicker. I guess it performs like brass, yet it could still create a spark, so it is not considered safe for certain environments.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. The head will not become loose, as steel bars are locked with a steel plate on top of the hammerhead, ensuring the head will never get dislodged. A sledgehammer is a robust tool with a large, flat head surface and a long handle, great for gathering the momentum needed in a swing for heavy duty construction or demolition work. I think a lot depends on the person swinging the hammer as well as how many times you would be swinging it.