Cold Steel War Hammer

I have no idea why I bought this. It serves no legitimate purpose. It's not as good as a regular hammer for hammering things. It's not as good as an axe for chopping things and it has no practical function that I can determine. Unless of course you consider making you feel like a total viking warrior badass as being "practical".Sometimes guys just buy something for fun. Because it tickles that little 12 year old boy part of our brain that loves weird 12 year old boy stuff, like bows and arrow, machetes and um, war hammers. Sure we could make up some half baked reason for why something like this might come in handy one day, zombie apocalypse, alien invasion, etc...but the truth is we just want to play with stuff like this when our wives or girlfriends aren't home.If you're like me and you can't help but picking up tools at Home Depot and secretly assessing them for weapon-ability then just treat yourself to this man-toy. Why not you only live once. Why deny yourself the childlike joy of having a cool weapon? Whether you want to actually smash things with it like the toothless hillbillies in war hammer youtube videos or you just want to hold it your hands in front of the mirror and imagine caving in a zombie's cranium you won't be sorry you bought it.

This has been a blast to make, very nice as is aside from the tiny crappie screws. Definitely doll a bit bigger and use better screws. Me, well...I sorta have some spikes left over from some other weapon rebuild projects and thought that they would look bitchin on this thing. Well I had a bit of a time figuring out how to put them on so I drilled the langet holes plus a couple extra to fit the 4mm screws that went with the spikes and also drilled small holes to put in the tacks that will hold the langets in place. Then I glued the spikes and screws into the places on the langets where I wanted them to be permanently. After they were dry I put contact cement on the back of each screw and on the wood where they would contact, let that dry around 15 mins. Then put them in place and clamped then down. The next day I drilled out the tiny holes in the langets for the tacks to seat and hold the langets in place. Put glue on the tack shafts slid them in the previous drilled holes and hammer them the rest of the way in. Between the contact cement and glued and hammered tacks, those langets are pretty secure. Then I wrapped the handle in 80 grit tape, measured the placement for the handle tacks marked them drilled them then glue set the tacks in place and hammered them home. One thing to note if you want to do my method,make sure you offset the tacks on each side so they don't hit the ones on the opposite side. Hope you like my build, personally I think it's just scary looking. But hey...all my weapons are...!

The hammer looks cool in the product image. The details they give about the hammer to sell the product make it a great hammer. The reason I put this one star review is the lack of information they give. When I ordered there was nothing about assembly required. For your average person sure this is probably no big deal, but I have severe arthritis in most of my fingers. Due to this working with small instruments like the screws they give are rough. But I decided this is cool enough to spend one of my not so bad days to do.Took a month but finally had a day were my hands were up for the challenge. First the instruction says before putting the screws in, drill 1/32 holes. Now those screws are defiantly bigger than 1/32, probably bigger than a 1/16 bit, which is what I increased the holes to after the first screw broke to a little pressure. I'm not a carpenter but I do know a little and a screw should not break so easily. So I took it to 1/16, and for a couple screws they work but do not go flesh the langet, will try hammering those in later. However the hammer now has 3 broken screws and two okay screws in it.This has taught me to read comments as in them I would have seen that this required assembly. Had the screws not broken this would have gotten a 4 maybe a five as it is cool looking, and was fun until the screws. If you are good at building these, then great buy, nice weight, strong handle.

Exactly what I wanted.but the screws that it came with are garbage. I knew I would be modifying it when I got it. So my advice...have fun with it. I've just begun to make my changes.

The finish on the metal, paint I assume, is pretty thick and rough. The wood handle is still kind of rough in spots. Easy to sand smooth and I'm staining it a reddish brown and will finish with some Danish Oil. I might strip the hammer portion and blue it, or do a "patina," type finish. Or maybe just a smoother application of paint. Or I might just leave it. Functional just not pretty.I need to research more on the langettes, but I believe that most of the ones I've seen in books and museums seem to have them as part of the hammer (or axe) itself so that it strengthens the portion of the handle closest to the head. With these just screwed on as they are, there still seems to be a weak spot at the space between the head and langettes... yes, even if you butt them up tightly that will still not be as strong as if they were one piece. If I had the skill, I'd weld them to the hammer head.As most have stated the tiny screws are garbage. Very easy to break and serve no real purpose. I could see the screw heads shearing off if there was any force applied to the langets. Get some better screws or nails.

The handle is too short to use as a walking stick, but then again it is a war hammer and not a walking stick. As pointed out in other reviews, the screws that come with it are weak and break easily. The pointy end is SUPER POINTY and if you aren't careful you could accidentally stick it in your hand. (Yes I did do that).As a tool for smashing stuff, it is perfect. One star deducted for the manufacturer being too cheap to include decent screws.

Just like other reviewers said, the screws are terrible.The langets need much better screws to overcome the warp in the metal and lay snug against the handle.For the novelty, I would’ve given 4 stars, but quality of screws hurts the score.Also note, you should use a heftier screw to hold the head in place on the handle as well.Had to use rigging tape to cover the ugly screws I used for fastening the langets.

First, the screws it came with are too weak to use an impact driver to screw into the wood; they just twist into oblivion. You really do need to use a drill first, then put screws in. It would have been nice to include stronger screws, but this is more my fault.The tip is somewhat sharp and if you plan to use this to destroy stuff, it will break off instantly, leaving a more rounded tip. However this is still within expectations. Good hammer, perfect for destroying plate mail clad knights.

I really like the Cold Steel War Hammer.I have the old verison and the new verisonI just order another from Amazon.It came quickly and I really like it. The only problem I have is the langettes r for anotherItem not the War Hammer.I dont care cause I dont really use them anyway.The head is super tough and the handle is strait and thick.A++++

I broke it but it took about three days beating an old car with it before it broke LOL the text and to be honest that's why I bought it to see if it would do what they said it would do and it did and I had a great time doing it swollen all I think it worked out fine