IronWood Mallet. Wood salvaged from jamaica.

Great looking Mallet. Is it really hard. A lot of woods are called ironwood. Do you know of another name?

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From what I can see of it, it looks terrific. Nice stuff woodnut.

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Nice looking mallet – looks like it would adjust a bad attitude quickly.

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I think we’re calling it lignum vitae…since it’s from Jamaica (Jamaica’s national tree)

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Looks like a long lasting tool there.

Yes Lignum Vitae …... Is the actual type of IRON WOOD.. The ONLY real Iron Wood ..Ha
I managed to find the species in connecticut last near a marsh… And man was I disappointed. nothing alike at all…. And the SMELL fragrance rather that lignum vitae gives off from the oils in it is wonderful, such a great wood. Thank you guys much for these replies !!! your the best!

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And yes those pictures didn’t come out great I was once again in a hurry. And trying to figure out how to post photos here.. Finally, Now to just get them into format to put on the computer I have a lot of developed pictures, any ideas how to transfer… Maybe i’ll just take em to kinkos …

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I just scanned in about 600 pre-digital family photos and work photos with my Epson combo print/scan/copy and it worked great. It even has a restore photo and dust removal mode which works for moderate stuff.

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Salvaged wood is always a great find, When I was in Hawaii there was a small log in the middle of a path we used every day. When I went to move it out of the way I found out why they called it Iron Wood. It never got moved. I’ll bet this is a heavy mallet. Very cool.

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Very cool wood choice. I think you will get a lot of use out of that. It looks like something that was made a long time ago.

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Really neat!

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Beautiful mallet. Enjoy it.

-- Jiri

Nice find,
this come from, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ironwood is a name typically thrown around for any type of wood that sinks in water. I have heard it called ironwood, and I’ve actually been sold African Ironwood as Lignum. —Preceding

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get a bigger hammer and you did well done

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