User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-200.114.60.254-20120803163904/@comment-98.14.68.173-20120820233458

New Idea: Blade hammer.

A Hammer with a flat side and spikey blades or swords on the other side allowing the hunter to switch from impact to slash damage. This is especially useful for cutting tails and breaking Heads (KO). It would be very effective if a new monster were to have a tough shell that would break faster from impact, and do more damage with slash with the exposed flesh after the shell was broken. If this were the case the only time you could do this without this weapon would be in co-op.