why should you not hit two hammers together?

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

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Because both are made to transmit a lot of force into another object. And if you put two of them in motion towards each other, you are putting a lot of force out there and there’s only so many things they can do, many of them bad. Most likely they will deflect off as some hard-to-predict angle, possibly flying out of your hand if your grip isn’t ideal and possibly doing damage to someone or something even if you keep a hold on them. You might also get breaking of one or both handles, flaking off of shards of metal from one or both hammers (which can potentially then fly off really fast due to the amount of energy involved), or even just a complete miss.

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