Hammerschlagen

Hammerschlagen (the "Striking Hammer" or "Hammer-Striking") is a brand of the German game Nagelspielen (the "Nail Game" or "Playing With Nails"), which reportedly dates to the first Oktoberfest in 1810. Shortly after opening in 1966, the first instance of Nagelspielen in the United States was reportedly found at the Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter in Stillwater, MN. It was played there in the traditional fashion until the restaurant owner's father branded the Nailspielen service and vested the brand of Hammer-Schlagen and the related intellectual property in WRB, Inc..