People used to kill each other with these

>people used to kill each other with these

For when you really need to hammer the point home.

>people were actually memed into thinking it's honorable to have a large piece of sharp steel shoved into your ribcage

when your opponent is safe inside armor the only option left is to use focused energy transmission to reach them

they were for unhorsing people

that hook doesn't look nearly long enough, nor the handle

because OP is a pleb and started a Veeky Forums thread with a shitty "reproduction" instead of an original. OP is likely underage, visits /k/ and is closet faggot.

Horseman's hammers weren't very long and weren't necessarily for unhorsing people, simply to fight against them while also being on a horse. With a hammer this size, you're good enough to strike infantrymen in the head and that's what matters.

When you want to unhorse someone while on foot, obviously you use a long polearm with hooks if you have those.

youd be on a horse too

That's no the same.
You're posting a halberd and he posted a warhammer you dumb fucking cunt.

P.S. Not him

>halberd
It definitely seems to be a polehammer though... Not exactly the same beast.

>halberd
thats a Lucerne Hammer you dumb fucking cunt

blunt

It's a polearm. Same thing different name.

An axe and a hammer aren't the same thing.

Looks like something Leon Trotsky would be afraid of

Who wouldn't?

It is a side-arm for a horseman.
I don't know where the whole "polearms unhorse people" meme comes from, but it's not true. If a horse is charging at you, you should just stab it with the spike. If a cavalryman has stopped near you, you can attack him with the hammer/axehead or stab the horse again.

They've been doing it for ages too.

>people now kill each other with these

>pssh, nothing personal ese