Hammers and Mallets

There is a great variety of hammers and mallets. Also within Masonic symbolism you see a variety, but -fortunately- not as big as above. Sometimes these different hammers and mallets have a symbolic significance, oftentimes not. In Mark symbology you often see a carver’s mallet with a chisel. A hammer on one tracing board can also be a pick hammer on another. Perhaps it could be fun to make a list is types of hammers and mallets and their specific symbolic meanings.

A flat hammer (in German “Setzhammer”) is sometimes called “Grandmaster Hammer” (“Großmeisterhammer”), while a pick hammer (“Spitzhammer”) is for entered apprentices. In this way there are more specific meanings for specific types of hammers.

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