# Nine-pound hammers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 12, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991 "2018-06-12T20:15:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991/22 "2018-06-14T13:25:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > What happens if you have to pound ten times to drive in the nail? 😕 How many 9 pound hammers does it take to… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991/23 "2018-06-14T14:59:54Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > And results for “none pound hammer” come up with links for a musical group in some style called “cowpunk”. I like cowpunk. Think cowboy hats but no shirts, “_Ring of Fire_” sung hard and fast, and a liberal sprinkling of "FUCK"s. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991/24 "2018-06-14T19:40:50Z")
Remember nine pound hammers go back to the time of John Henry who was from the 19th century, something like this: [https://www.ebay.com/itm/WMRY-Marked-Hammer-Western-Maryland-Rail-Yard-Vintage-Sledge-Roughly-9-Pound/323109467389](https://www.ebay.com/itm/WMRY-Marked-Hammer-Western-Maryland-Rail-Yard-Vintage-Sledge-Roughly-9-Pound/323109467389) Tools have changed since then. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991/25 "2018-06-14T19:58:08Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Tools have changed since then. [Here’s a modern railroad spike hammer.](http://www.wiltontools.com/us/en/view-series/b-a-s-h-spike-mauls/SpkMaul) Ten pounds, though. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991/26 "2018-06-14T21:53:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “_Ring of Fire_”… Not Cowpunk, but [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS_CQkPavyc) is my favourite version of _Ring Of Fire_. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991/27 "2018-06-14T22:08:06Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Funny when the designation of your favorite music genre strikes someone else as unusual enough to enclose in “”! Next you’ll be saying you’ve never heard of psychobilly! 😉 Still waiting for psychopunk, I think. Definitely still waiting for cowbilly. 🙂 Rockapunk? Country & eastern? Country & psycho? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991/28 "2018-06-15T01:57:47Z")
Drifting into Cafe Society, but [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZUZMBGyTo) is my favorite Ring of Fire. For mixed genres, I say you can’t beat [a bluegrass rendition of Eclipse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXLGaN1Y8pE). ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991/29 "2018-06-15T15:13:16Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > For mixed genres, I say you can’t beat [a bluegrass rendition of Eclipse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXLGaN1Y8pE). Oops, I mean “Brain Damage”, not “Eclipse”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-pound-hammers/815991.md?page=1)