Everything you ever wanted to know about the most insignificant part of a hammer. The simple slender sliver that is seldom considered. The Wedge… Keeping the head from flying off the handle has been a challenge for as long as handles have been around… about 30,000 years. Everything from hide lashings, to straps, sockets, and sleeves has been incorporated to keep the two married together. The simple wedge has out lived most of the other methods of securing hammer heads.
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