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Ceremonial warhammer, Germany, 16th century AD

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 months ago

it's like the swiss army knife of blunt trauma

[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

It comes with a backscratcher!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Well that's a funny looking spork. I like it though 👍

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago

Missing a spoon attachment

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I'm missing the spoon end.

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

You never see a warnail...

What were they even building?

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 months ago

You’ve heard of Swiss Army Knife?

German Army Hammer.

[–] einkorn@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

What were they even building?

Something to pierce metal body armor?

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Using zhe Warhammer for the Wehrburg.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I mean warhammers were usually an engineers weapon because they tended to be big dudes who needed hammers and axes.

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

Imma rock up with this for family dinner

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 months ago

At first I thought this was a GenAI image.