why should you not hit two hammers together?

Question

I’ve heard that saying countless times and no amount of googling gave me a satisfactory answer.

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Answer 1

As many others have pointed out, hammer heads are brittle and can fracture when striking hard surfaces.

But there’s also the question of “where does all the energy go”. Because that’s all a hammer is, a method of transferring kinetic energy from your arm, into an object. If you hit a hammer with a hammer, and you’re holding both, all that kinetic energy from your swing is going to travel up the handles, through your arms, and back into your body. This will feel unpleasant at best, and really quite painful at worst.

So, to summarize. Don’t hit a hammer with a hammer because it’ll feel bad and probably break one or both of the hammers.