Hammer Time

Mallets are something I like to make. Here's a little kanna tapper...now I just need to get a real kanna!

If I had a hammer...

Some days you just feel like hitting things with a really big hammer. My sander and jointer both just bit the dust this week and that meant I wasn't too happy shelling out for parts and wasting my day fixing things. Because of this I built a big Japanese-esque mallet today. The head is quartered oak, with an oak and padauk handle. I got to use my spoke shave to shape the handle, which was really a nice thing to do.

Sometimes I wonder how my personal interpretation of Japanese woodworking relates to the real thing. I'm not too worried about it, I mean I just like building things and they don't have to fit into any tradition or style.