New Mallet - undetermined wood species

That’s a great looking mallet, nicely done.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

That looks great, a work of art! [now go hit something with it – its a tool!]

:)

-- "Skol, Vikings"

Very handsome mallet. Great job.
Do not hit just anything…

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Nice job, I really like the inlay in the handle, smart touch.

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

well done, eye candy

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

boy, im not sure i would use it, it is very nice, good job!

Beautiful workmanship. Be proud of it. As Dean said “Now go hit something with it!”

-- Bill - If I knew GRANDKIDS were so much fun I would have had them first.

NICE

-- ericandcandi, Louisiana- Home of the "LSU Tigers"

Great pairing of the woods! I have some lacewood laying in my rack, along with some hard maple…. Maybe I can use your design and make me a nice mallet, too!

Honestly it is a one-of-a-kind tool, for sure! I like it!!

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

thanks ya’ll

any ideas about what kind of wood the yellow stuff is?

-- "Who but a fool would discard seeminly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent engineering" -- Aldo Leopold

Hawg, am I correct in thinking that you are under the impression that the light colored wood is maple? the picture doesn’t really do the color justice because it’s under a flourescent shoplight, but the wood definitely isn’t maple, it’s very yellow in color and much more dense than maple could even dream of being. Very hard adn very heavy wood, I’ll try to get a picture of it on a white background with some maple next to it so you can see the difference.

If you have any ideas about what kind of wood it may be, I’m all ears.

~isaac

-- "Who but a fool would discard seeminly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent engineering" -- Aldo Leopold

Very nice mallet, nice size too. The wood looks and sounds like it could be Bois d’Arc, also known as Osage orange.

-- Measure three times, cut twice.

Very nice mallet. Let first few hits be gentle.
Sharad

-- patanjali

My guess would be Osage Orange… Super dense, super hard and durable.

Beautiful tool… don’t be afraid to use it, because each ding will only add to its beauty!

-- Ryno

Now ! now ! Sharad he’s not going to hit you lol anyway Sharad is correct this must be used gently not for hitting nails into the brick walls GRIN just for nice gentle activities like carving etc.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

you guys are hilarious!

i actually found the type of wood it is…honey locust. a local woodworker friend of mine identified for me. it sure is beautiful wood. very deep yellow with lots of depth the more i polish it.

believe it or not Alistair, i actually have a great mother in law. probably one of the lucky guys in the world who actually have good mothers in law.

~isaac

-- "Who but a fool would discard seeminly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent engineering" -- Aldo Leopold

Honey locust. Yes, that’s what I was going to say… (LOL)

It looks great, Isaac. Well done!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

That is so cool, I have made many a mallet, but I must lack the creativity or skill cause’ they never end up like that. I will be trying again….