What's a hammer like this designed for?

[sandyRoe]

Cutting back a hedge I found a hammer in the middle of it. The head is a solid rectangular block, 4 inches x 1 3/4 inches.
Was it designed for some specific use?

[Hopkirk]

A club hammer like this?

http://www.diytools.c...ail/_27752_140277.jpg

I think they are mostly for chiselling masonry

[sandyRoe]

That's it. Mystery solved. Wonder how it ended up in the middle of the hedge...

[mccfluff]

i flung it there, i was trying to hit trim but i missed

[SIRandyraven]

Might be worth contacting the police.
Might have been used in a crime ?

[steg]

called a "mash hammer"

[McMouse]

We call them Club Hammers

[sandyRoe]

McMouse, what sorta clubs do you go to?

[Dee Sa]

would have thought it from a crime scene dont call police you could get caught up in something you know nothing about and might even become a suspect !
finders keepers and all that.

[anotheoldgit]

/// McMouse, what sorta clubs do you go to? ///

Could it be 'The Hammers Football Club'?

[JonnyBoy12]

Not for hammering tent pegs in then? Do you need a rubber mallet for this then?

[tank1960]

lump hammer round our way

[sandyRoe]

The posts from SirR + Dee Sa reminded me that a local chemist, less than 100 yards from where I live, was robbed by a thug just before Xmas last. He threatened staff with a hammer before making off with drugs and a small amount of cash.

[sandyRoe]

There's also a river about the same distance from my house. The hammers going for a swim as soon as it gets dark.

[DTCwordfan]

stunning pigs before you eradicate them.

[scotman]

definitely a club hammer, although I have heard the heavier versions referred to as 'lump' hammers. Usually found in masonry trade.

http://www.screwfix.c...fh_search=club+hammer