Bree Report post Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) I have another one that I didn't take a picture of because the rawhide sleeve is off of it and it just looks like a piece of scrap wood. It's really heavy...some kind of exotic, but I'm not sure which. I haven't had the little one in my hand since replacing the rawhide 30 years ago. It feels kinda good...might use it awhile this morning. I've never seen one loaded with lead...I'll bet they hit pretty good. Here's what the Bob Beard mallets look like...just so that if anyone finds one for sale they can let me know about it! I made the rack so that I could move it around the bench...it's been pretty handy. Bree...that's funny! Believe it or not I use most of them. I've got to make room for another one....I won one of Pauls last weekend in Wickenburg. Bob... It's interesting how your strike on the heavy maul is in the center of the maul while you strike the lighter mauls closer to the top. Edited March 20, 2009 by Bree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cem Report post Posted March 20, 2009 I'm interested in trying a maul as well but not sure what to go for, I've only used wooden mallets so far (given to me so not even sure what weight they are). I came across these on woodworking site and was wondering if you guys thought if they may be alright for leatherwork http://www.carbatec.com.au/carving-tools/c...carving-mallets I'm going to have to order anything I want from interstate or overseas and if the Carbatec ones are alright it's going to save me some $ on postage as they are fairly local to me. Just not sure about the weights though, what sort of weight should I be looking at for a maul to do figure carving. I mostly work with 3mm leather and very rarely do borders or anything that requires a very heavy wack.. Cheers, Clair Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hidepounder Report post Posted March 20, 2009 Bob... It's interesting how your strike on the heavy maul is in the center of the maul while you strike the lighter mauls closer to the top. I never noticed that Bree! I'd like to have a lighter maul for the stuff I've been doing lately...I guess maybe that explains using the tip of the mallet....It seems like my patterns keep getting smaller which requires smaller tools...smaller tools require less strike... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbird Report post Posted March 20, 2009 Bob what are those mauls made of wood raw hide. Josh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardb Report post Posted March 21, 2009 I'm interested in trying a maul as well but not sure what to go for, I've only used wooden mallets so far (given to me so not even sure what weight they are). I came across these on woodworking site and was wondering if you guys thought if they may be alright for leatherwork http://www.carbatec.com.au/carving-tools/c...carving-malletsI'm going to have to order anything I want from interstate or overseas and if the Carbatec ones are alright it's going to save me some $ on postage as they are fairly local to me. Just not sure about the weights though, what sort of weight should I be looking at for a maul to do figure carving. I mostly work with 3mm leather and very rarely do borders or anything that requires a very heavy wack.. Cheers, Clair Clair - let us know how these work. They look interesting. Brent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg gomersall Report post Posted March 21, 2009 Greg, The one that looked like Bob's only worse was the double ended. Tne one with lead was single ended and made of lignum vitae. It didn't make sense to me to add that much lead with that heavy wood. Glad you like yours. Regards, Ben Ben in one of your posts you mentioned you had Bob Dellis's tools. I remember Bob showing me his stamping stick and he was pretty proud of the piece of rawhide covering the end. It was a chunk of elephant rawhide and he was pretty sure he wasn't goona be around long enough to wear it out. that was probably 10 years ago. Greg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtwister09 Report post Posted March 21, 2009 Greg, I do remember that one. I do not know who got that stamping stick. In fact I think that he may also have that on his video set as well. It has been more than 12 years since I looked at the videos so I may be mistaken. I know that he had some rhino and elephant rawhide both at one time so it is likely that it was one of those. Both would be extremely durable. I don't remember which one he used. I might watch the first one with the majority of the tools and see if he comments on it. Regards, Ben Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hidepounder Report post Posted March 21, 2009 Bob what are those mauls made of wood raw hide. Josh Josh, it's a stamping stick. Greg mentioned one earlier and I happened to have it under my bench, so I posted it so otheres could see what he was talking about.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bree Report post Posted March 21, 2009 I never noticed that Bree! I'd like to have a lighter maul for the stuff I've been doing lately...I guess maybe that explains using the tip of the mallet....It seems like my patterns keep getting smaller which requires smaller tools...smaller tools require less strike... Yeah I was thinking that the heavier maul is no doubt used for brute force operations like cutting off the end of the billet where as the lighter mauls are used for touch operations like stamping. So there might be a very natural tendancy to be balancing the maul in the hand and striking closer to the end where the force is coming down naturally. The tool is doing most of the work in the smaller mauls. The action with the heavier maul is less about balance and more about arm action in practice. The natural force of my 64 oz maul dropping from a balance point most often is not sufficient to cleave the thick leather apart. It needs to get whacked! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
