Toffee hammer

A toffee hammer is a very small hammer designed for breaking up sheets or slabs of hard toffee, such as bonfire toffee, into small pieces suitable for consumption. A toffee hammer is sometimes included as a novelty item in gift packs produced by toffee manufacturers. [ [http://www.grocerytrader.co.uk/News/September_2006/G_walkers.html The Interview - Walkers' Nonsuch - world famous for English toffee & more] "The Grocery Trader", September 2006. Accessed 4 October 2008.] [ [http://www.caledonianconfectionery.com/mccowan.htm The Caledonian Confectionary Company: McCowan's] Accessed 4 October 2008.]

Toffee hammers were used by suffragettes, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union, for breaking windows as a form of protest during their campaign for votes for women. [ [http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/OnlineResources/X20L/objects/record.htm?type=object&id=65661 Toffee-hammer used for breaking windows] Museum of London. Accessed 4 October 2008.]

The term "toffee hammer" may also used to refer to any unusually small hammer, for example in orthopedic surgery, [ [http://www.surgicalholdings.co.uk/surgical/surgical_instruments.php?content=catalogue&cat_view=focus&category_id=10&sub_id=54&product_id=524 Product:Mallet. Description: Toffee Hammer] Surgical Holdings Catalogue. Accessed 4 October 2008.] or to a scaffolder's tool that resembles a toffee hammer. [ [http://scaffoldershop.co.uk/shop/category_2/Scaffold-Tools.html Scaffold Tools] Scaffolder Shop. Accessed 4 October 2008.]

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