Black Craftool Poly Maul durability?

[ContactCement]

Basically how durable is this Black Craftool Poly Maul ? Some photos of any chunks missing and indentations in the surface would be great. I'm not made of money even if they go on sale. Heck I'm drinking milk a slight hint of sour odor with chocolate added right now so I don't waste the money paid for it. I know everyone has a celebrity "name brand" that cost too much money. To be quite honest asking these modern prices is down right wicked and evil. Is a leather craft hobby. Tools shouldn't be as expensive as a hospital bill, prescription drugs or a house payment. The cold hard fact is people were tooling leather long  before plastics and rubbers were even invented. What were they effectively using back then?  https://www.walmart.com/ip/Tandy-Leather-Craftool-Poly-Maul-3302-00/146107497?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=5405&adid=22222222227115627678&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=233311779350&wl4=pla-386176901475&wl5=9015608&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=113940046&wl11=online&wl12=146107497&wl13=&veh=sem

[bikermutt07]

Probably a wooden mallet. No one said you can't make your own stuff.

I had the poly crafttool mallet. I thought it was junk. I gave it away to someone, new comer, scout troop or somebody.

Some people in your shoes have made some nice ones with a small lathe, a chunk of wood, and a wheel from a roller skate.

There are some nice ones to buy for fifty to 75 bucks.

http://www.barrykingtools.com/roundmauls.htm

Yeah, it's just a hobby, but some hobbies are expensive. You think leather is bad? Try model trains or airplanes.

Or fishing.

You don't need a 50,000.00 boat for leather work.

Ymmv.

[ContactCement]

Leather craft does seem expensive. Anyhow I ordered the black poly maul on sale this Christmas for $24.99 It looked okay on you tube even if it had a few small indentations in it. I'll take my time and rotate it on the up stroke like a wood carving maul and it should make the surface wear evenly. My experiments with plastics and narrow blunt metal rods shows repeated strikes in the exact same place produces a nice neat dent.

Edited December 12, 2017 by ContactCement

[bikermutt07]

Good luck with it. I hope it works for you.

[KingsCountyLeather]

I started leather crafting this year... and wont say exactly how much ive spent on tools already but a lot! I will never get my money back from sales and anything ive made so far has been gifted to someone. I’m at a stage in my life where ive worked for more than forty years and not much time for myself. This is my new hobby and I “can” afford some nice tools.

But... The leathercraft trade doesn’t require all these nice tools to make good work!  Sharp tools good knowledge I think are the most important and good leather!  It’s nice to have a good mallet and it may make you feel like you’re getting a better job, But you can use a lot of things as a hammer... 

[TxLeather]

On 12/9/2017 at 6:18 PM, bikermutt07 said:

 

You don't need a 50,000.00 boat for leather work.

 

That's true!  ;-)

[brmax]

I cant imagine sitting down to work! Or for that matter enjoy anything, especially a hobby I selected to rid myself of a tough day, with a stomach of sour milk. 

Something is wrong with this picture!  As an investment I suggest using the milk for the cat and watch them joyfully patrol the yard or field edge around the home. This way its theraputic viewing them through the window, enjoying themselves. 

And you my friend would feel so much better. Even if resorting to thoughts of lemon water 

Have a good day

Floyd

[lawman133]

Hi. I would go with the Chinese versions available over EBay.  I have several different head shapes with both steel and wood handles that are excellent for all purposes.

My first choice would be to buy made in Canada,/Britain/U.S but I have not been able to find anything near this quality or price.  I have not paid more than $15.00 Canadian with FREE shipping for any of the 4 I have ordered !  It may take a month to get to you but  as an Xtra bonus I have never been chargeed any customs or excise tax either.  When you consider that Tandy wants over $200.00 for their leather handled "Nuclear" version this is a "NO BRAINER" decision. For shock reduction on the steel handled ones a couple of "dips" into a can of  rubber "Dip It"  solves the problem and helps with grip also.

The quality of the Tandy stamps is going down hill as well as I noted yesterday when I picked up a stamp in a Detroit Tandy. It was a a mistaken purchase of a stamp I already had and when I got home I realized my mistake and when comparing the two the finish on the new one was  very poor.  

Jim

[ChasCS]

Tandy has done some marvelous price reductions with their seasonal sales recently. 

As much as some here don't prefer Tandy products, I would suggest getting yourself on their mailing list, to be alerted about any great savings... ;-)

 

Chas

[ContactCement]

On ‎12‎/‎17‎/‎2017 at 2:56 PM, ChasCS said:

Tandy has done some marvelous price reductions with their seasonal sales recently. 

As much as some here don't prefer Tandy products, I would suggest getting yourself on their mailing list, to be alerted about any great savings... ;-)

 

Chas

I  fully agree that the holiday sale and Saturday super sale was pretty good. Our car was at the shop so we had a free dealer loaner car. So we finally visited the local Tandy store 54 miles away. I came back with a rather expensive item (not saying) and a few stamps. They also explained why a couple craft store stamps in a kit bent easily. The Z  indicates Zinc. The Lesson. Stamps with a Z on them are Cash In The Trash.

Edited December 21, 2017 by ContactCement