Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27425734-20170826213348/@comment-25396609-20180205172008

I'd like to point out that leak can bring to mind blue, as in a water leak. Just saying; that was my first imporession,

Now; the design is... terrible. That would not be an effective hammer unless you do nothing but spinning swings with it; as lining up a hit with your striking face being at an angle rather than parallel to the shaft is going to be VERY difficult.

The weight of the barrel ruins the balance of the weapon; believe it or not you want the head of a hammer to be of comprable weight to the shaft or significantly greater in order to get an effective, powerful swing. The reason for this is that you want ALL of the force of the swing to dissipate out of the weapon and transfer into whatever you hit with it; if your handle weighs more than the head (which with that weapon it DEFINITELY does) most of your force is being carried in that instead; which makes for poor distribution of force and an ineffective swing.

You've also got an offset between the mag wells and the shaft, further ruining the balance (there's a very good reason the blade of a sword or head of a hammer/axe is in-line with the hilt.)