[meteorite-list] Hammer hammers!

[Luther Jackson]

Having seen this specimen in the flesh a few weeks ago, I have to agree it's amazing. To think it was used so long ago as a tool, probably by many generations, it truly is something special.

Luther



On 23 Nov 2011, at 23:39, Graham Ensor <graham.ensor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Now...getting back to fantastic meteorites... here's a picture of a
> real hammer....still on Svend's website but now in my own
> collection...
> 
> Check out the third picture down and read the description on his great
> website...probably my favourite acquisition.
> 
> http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/Meteoritensammlung_17.htm
> 
> Graham
> 
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Martin Altmann
> <altmann at meteorite-martin.de> wrote:
>> The history of hammers?
>> 
>> Hits for "hammer" used for meteorites as,well, as hammers, per year of this
>> list:
>> 
>> 2001   zero
>> 2002    2     (Captain B. commercial)
>> 2003   24     (mainly Park Forest & dealers)
>> 2004    4     (Worden article)
>> 2005   10     (mainly jokes about the "hammers" concept)
>> 2006  103     (eeek, it went out of control!)
>> 2007  116
>> 2008....     iiih it's too horrible to continue!
>> 
>> 
>> Walter, Walter, what have you done???!!!
>> 
>> Kids, I declare the year 2006, to be that year, when the "hammer" was
>> invented.
>> 
>> ...and since then, we have to pay suddenly 3-10 times more for the good ol
>> falls afflicted
>> and each and every falls-addicted prays, whenever the news of a possible
>> fall or shower goes round, that no crumb hasn't hit anything else but the
>> ground, for him being able still to afford a little piece.
>> 
>> It started as a harmless fun and was turned into a very successful marketing
>> campaign.
>> Respect!
>> 
>> And we're singing: Hit the Road, Jack!
>> 
>> ;-)
>> Martin
>> 
>> PS: The holes hysteria wasn't so everlasting.
>> Maybe we could combine them..
>> Hammers with holes, which hit holes...
>> 
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