No it's not
that simple
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Okay, I will try it. We have plenty of hammers laying around since we are right in the middle of adding an addition on to our home.
I am not going to try it on our new beautiful entry door though. I can go out to one of our out sheds and try it on that door and frame.
I still don't understand how the handle would be in the way. When the claw end is put into the door jam area the handle would be at an angle toward the person's body not the door the way I see it. I wouldn't try to put pressure on the door but put pressure on the outside frame/door jam. But I could be wrong of course.Also they could have used the hammer to hit a small chisel or whatever to get the door jimmied open.
A straight claw hammer (versus standard curved claw hammer) would work angle-wise, meaning one could wedge it into the door/frame gap. However, a flat crowbar ( they come in different thickness and sizes) seems to best fit into a tight gap and also seems to match the damage, that was done to the material. The tool left a very straight looking depression behind. Look at the wood:
![sievers door closeup.jpg sievers door closeup.jpg](https://www.websleuths.com/forums/data/attachments/60/60727-00ed4020c3bc6addedcac322604e704b.jpg)
One can pretty much estimate the approximate width of the tool-base.