Members Spinner Posted May 2, 2012 Members Report Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) Don't forget about Bearman Mauls & Beary Mauls. I've had a Barry King, Al Stohlman and tried a Bob Beard and I like the new material Ed "The Bearman" & Beary LaBarre are using; it is better than any of them. I have a 28oz. for punching and have a 21oz and a 9oz on the way to fill some spots/replace others. Once my budget for them comes back up I'll be replacing my 16oz with one of their mauls as well. Here's a pic of the custom handled (Amboyna Burl) 28oz Beary made for me last year. Even pounding with nearly 2lbs on slot & hole punches, there almost no impact vibration. Ed's surprising me on the custom wood option for the two new ones. They can be reached at LeatherBurnishers@Yahoo.com I'm working on updating their website (http://www.leatherburnishers.com) for them to add the maul info so here's a little info in the meantime: Standard BearMaul weights are from 14oz up to 21oz. and start at $74.50 are available using one of many types of wood such as, Cocobolo, Rosewoods, Figured Asian Satinwood, Purple Heart, Paduak, & possibly more. BearMauls from 22oz up to 28oz, will add $10.00 to the price because of the larger head material required. Custom mauls are limited only by our combined imaginations. An example of a Custom Bearman Maul feature is a special medallion in place of the standard decorated head cap. Custom BearMauls start at $87.50 on up. The price varies depending on the type of wood wanted, & other Customization options. Each BearMaul is a Handmade Very Functional work of Art, which takes time to make. Wait times can range from 2 weeks up to about 4 months, depending on work load, & complexity of design. Priority shipping for a single Maul, within the US is $9.50 and for most other contries is just $18.95 . Previous Bearman Maul photos can be seen here: http://tinyurl.com/BearMauls Cheers, Chris P.S. - yeah, I know it's a dead old thread, but since it was revived it made sense to add recent info of one of our member vendors. Edited May 2, 2012 by Spinner Quote Chris Three Mutts Customs Leather - http://www.threemuttscustoms.com
Members Mudruck Posted May 2, 2012 Members Report Posted May 2, 2012 Don't forget about Bearman Mauls & Beary Mauls. I've had a Barry King, Al Stohlman and tried a Bob Beard and I like the new material Ed "The Bearman" & Beary LaBarre are using; it is better than any of them. I have a 28oz. for punching and have a 21oz and a 9oz on the way to fill some spots/replace others. Once my budget for them comes back up I'll be replacing my 16oz with one of their mauls as well. Here's a pic of the custom handled (Amboyna Burl) 28oz Beary made for me last year. Even pounding with nearly 2lbs on slot & hole punches, there almost no impact vibration. Ed's surprising me on the custom wood option for the two new ones. They can be reached at LeatherBurnishers@Yahoo.com I'm working on updating their website (http://www.leatherburnishers.com) for them to add the maul info so here's a little info in the meantime: Cheers, Chris P.S. - yeah, I know it's a dead old thread, but since it was revived it made sense to add recent info of one of our member vendors. I'll second the Beary & Bearman mauls. Got one a little while ago and it is absolutely amazing! The head material can't even be compared to the poly head material. I had a 16oz Tandy AS maul and even at 16oz it felt front heavy. The Beary maul that I got has a balance that you almost have to feel to describe. When you're holding it, the 21oz Beary maul feels lighter then the 16oz AS but weighs a full 21oz and is much easier on the wrist after hours of tooling. Quote
Members 88 Custom Leathers Posted February 10, 2016 Members Report Posted February 10, 2016 I am looking into getting a new set of mallets, mauls, but its a bit interesting to see the different weights used fro different thing. I have a 24 oz maul that I use religiously for my punches. though I have been weary about what weight seems suitable for tooling...any suggestions from my fellow leather pounders out there? Quote "Take The Wrap"
Members genewshipp Posted April 8, 2016 Members Report Posted April 8, 2016 I have not read every post here....but I recently destroyed my Craftool maul. I was basket weaving two layers of 1/16" leather. Not sure what weight that is. Because I had stamped it the first time with so much water that it was soggy, it looked poor. Very. Ugly. So with the right amount of water, which was a little hard to tell (a) because I had already stamped it and (b) because it is very white veg tan leather (from Tandy) it was hard to see much burnish, if any, after re-stamping an area. The stamp is a Tandy hourglass basket weave. (See a pattern?) Point is I was hitting it very hard. Had to to get a good looking impression. That and i previously whacked my daughter's flower stamp so hard that I broke my granite. That time the leather was thinner than 1/16 and one layer. The maul (i'm guessing two pound, it was the biggest one they had the day I was there) now has divots in it. If I hit one of them along its edge it turns the maul. Will every maul do this, if hit hard enough? Or are Craftool mauls softer than the high dollar ones? I probably did not have the leather soaked all the way through on both occasions. I realize that that adds to how hard I had to hit. Gene Quote
Members brmax Posted April 8, 2016 Members Report Posted April 8, 2016 Them Beary mauls look pretty dang nice, I'm late to this party though as a couple Barry K came in the mail recently. But always the future and a 40 or bigger 48 might be used for some 1/2 eyelets. Thanks for the tip, sure will keep them in mind next Floyd Quote
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