# I'm thinking of Grabthar's Hammer

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [January 14, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226 "2023-01-14T17:53:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226/21 "2023-01-15T01:18:44Z")

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I think you mean a laughing Swede.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226/22 "2023-01-15T02:08:08Z")

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It is one of these.

> [@Are double-clawed hammers still used anywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-double-clawed-hammers-still-used-anywhere/965237):
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> Saw one on a recent TV episode (with a modern setting). Googling shows that they were in use in the early 1900s to better remove more than one size of nail, but I have never seen or heard of them before. [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/uR4003S.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226/23 "2023-01-16T17:55:48Z")

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It was likely used by Helm Hammerhand, in the forging of the great walls.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226/24 "2023-01-16T18:00:15Z")

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Do you forge a wall? Especially a stone wall?

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226/25 "2023-01-16T18:02:40Z")

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you do when you grabthar hammerhand create them.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226/26 "2023-01-16T18:08:42Z")

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Fair enough.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-grabthars-hammer/978226/27 "2023-01-16T18:10:26Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> Do you forge a wall?

Maybe it’s a false wall? 😉

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