My BearMan inspired maul

[LNLeather]

There is something about this topic that just doesn't seem right.

I can't quite put my finger on it... Please Forgive me for asking, but...

If you want a Rrreally Great Maul like the ones that Ed the BearMan makes,

then why not buy a real 'BEARMAUL' from him?

http://leatherburnis.../BearMauls.html

http://www.flickr.co...s/42560042@N03/

Edited December 9, 2012 by LNLeather

[Southtexas]

I don't see a problem with this at all. Only discussion is on making our own tools. Not selling them. As to weighing... If you look at many of the commercial mauls you'll notice heavy metal discs at the top, sometimes between the head and handle also. Fender washers work, to some extent. Just load on as much weight as you need.

I make my own mauls from 3/8" thick disks of lexan stacked on a 1/2" threaded rod. I found the lexan as scrap...

[whiteeugene]

There is something about this topic that just doesn't seem right.

I can't quite put my finger on it... Please Forgive me for asking, but...

If you want a Rrreally Great Maul like the ones that Ed the BearMan makes,

then why not buy a real 'BEARMAUL' from him?

http://leatherburnis.../BearMauls.html

http://www.flickr.co...s/42560042@N03/

I suppose for the same reason we carve our own leather.

[electrathon]

There is something about this topic that just doesn't seem right.

I can't quite put my finger on it... Please Forgive me for asking, but...

If you want a Rrreally Great Maul like the ones that Ed the BearMan makes,

then why not buy a real 'BEARMAUL' from him?

http://leatherburnis.../BearMauls.html

http://www.flickr.co...s/42560042@N03/

I have to agree with the above. Ed does great work. Both attractive and functional. He also does great tooling, awsome actually. But the reason many of us are here is we like to make our own stuff. Some of us here only want to do a limited amount of stuff, others like to do as much as possible ourselves. I personally will oftentimes spend more money and many hours duplicating something I like but want to make one myself.

I would like to know exactly what the brown material is too.

Aaron

[LNLeather]

Yup, I Totally agree with you... making tools is perfectly OK and I love how

everyone freely shares their leather work knowledge here.

I think that is Wonderful... I love that about Leatherworker.net.

But, the name of this topic is not about just making a tool or a maul...

it is about a BearMan inspired maul and

I just thought it was important to give credit where credit is due…… and

imho - I Think that should have been done in the beginning – it could have been done easily…

Just to explain my thinking - This topic went from talking about dimensions and materials

for making a BearMan inspired maul - to someone asking

“if you can get it for that price would you consider shipping some my way”

**I just didn't know if that question was in reference to shipping material or

shipping finished mauls.

**Especially after the trouble Spinner had with someone stealing his design for the burnishers.

*****You all may not have thought about this or may not be aware of this but

There are A lot of people that read these posts that are not members of Leatherworker.net

and have no idea who the BearMan is. Also, there are a lot of new members here every day

that read these posts, that have no idea who the BearMan is………

BearMan has been a member here since 2008 and has a Business/Website selling the BearMaul, among other things, and is one of the nicest and kindest fella's around.

http://leatherburnis.../BearMauls.html

http://www.flickr.co...s/42560042@N03/

BTW - I love my BearMan Maul...

Edited December 11, 2012 by LNLeather

[Ferg]

Cheryl,

I understand where you are coming from, but......

There are folks that like to make things for themselves and are capable and have the equipment to do so.

Most have little desire to manufacture the Mauls and sell them. From experience in our family business, many folks have tried to emulate what we do, they quite often simply do not "get it". Lots of work and many hours devoted. We have done our thing for over 35 years now. Been copied by the major manufacturers, very few if any still make the product.

Bearman has a Niche market, he and his son do their "thing" very well. I wouldn't worry too much about this if I were you.

ferg

[LNLeather]

I wouldn't worry too much about this if I were you.

ferg

I'm not worried Oh Ferg..... I guess you missed

the first part of the last post where I said

"Yup, I Totally agree with you... making tools is perfectly OK".....

Edited December 11, 2012 by LNLeather