Mallets

Those are so nice, I’d be afraid to whack anything and risk scratching them.

-- GSY from N. Idaho

I love mallets; love these.
Good job, good pix, good post!

These are unique, I haven’t seen a mallet with a head shaped like that before. The wood kind of has a mahogany look to it as well. Well done by the way!

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

Great looking mallets. I’m guessing they will go on a shelf and will be held back to let some lesser mallet take the brunt of the work.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thanks guys. As pretty as they turned out, they are intended to be used. I’ll likely whack my AI bubinga handled chisels a bit with mine, and for carcass assembly where needed. I’ll leave it up to my dad if he wants to use his or not.

They do feel quite good and balanced in my hand. And my dad’s hands are about the same size as mine.
He lives in Nakusp BC, and I’m in Edmonton. No chance of them getting mixed up.
We go visit him later this month, so I’ll update you on how he likes it!.

Next I’m gonna make a wood plane or two, probably some smoothers to start with.

Oh, the dimensions of the mallets are:
12” long overall.
head is 6 1/8” x 2 1/2” x 2 5/8” tall.
handle is 7/8” square at the narrowest and 1 3/8” x 1 3/16” at the widest point.

The finish on them is a BLO/Danish oil/ Mineral Spirits mix that seems to work quite well for me.

Ryan

They came out great and I do believe your right with the Jatoba wood call. The handle are stunning, I’m a big fan of curly maple. Let me know if you would like some plan for the wooden smoother plane. Today I finish the 2nd plane and it worked better than the 1st one. The Hock blade are very impressive WHOOSH CITY…Blackcherry

Beautiful mallets. I just have to make me some. Thanks for the post and the measurements.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

cool mallets

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I love mallets, yours looks very very nice!

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

love the mallets they turned out wonderfull

im just in the process of rereading an old copy of australian woodsmith magazine where these mallets were featured and was thinking about making one for my dad for this christmas

thanks for showing how well they turned out

Hooky

-- Happiness is a way of travel , not a destination (Roy Goodman)

Cool! A left- and right-handed version. I keed, I keed. Nice wood combination.

-- Measure twice, cut once, bang into place