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In Medieval England, a court jester came running, breathless, into the throne room of King Edward The Longshanks. Waving a large plank about his head, he yelled to the top of his lungs, "My lord, my lord, behold! A glorious new invention!"

"Enough, fool, hold a more temperate tongue in your head. Now, what is this knavish novelty?" the irritated monarch snapped.

Spying a peasant nearby, the jester cracked him soundly on the shoulders. "Sire, I have created the world's first…

[WAIT FOR IT]

...SERF BOARD!"

Insert rimshot here

Okay, okay, I couldn't resist. I just finished up my new mallet and 'crowned' it with a little finial made of redheart. The whole thing's, I dunno, 15" in length or so and weighs a good two-and-half or three pounds. Finished in beeswax. AND my 'new' vintage gouge arrived today, so I got to test my spoon making abilities while properly equipped. That's it in the second photo. It's a bute!

contented sigh

My time for carving a bowl on an average-sized spoon is now gonna be less than 15 minutes, as opposed to 90 minutes the first couple of times. Life is good, fellow woodbutchers. :D

Leland

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You have done a great job on the carvers Mallet.
 

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I like it, it's GRAND! always nice to work with tools of a personally influenced nature. Good work oh brother in the wood.
 

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cool mallet, nice job :)
 

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Now I'm being too fussy to use the blame thing. "Oh noes! I don't want to mar the pretty wood with peck marks from striking the handles!" :D
 

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I dub the… King of the wood pile…or slave to the wood pile. Nice Mallet.
 

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:)

Yeah, slave o' the woodpile, I like that!

This thing is kinda fun to use-darned if it isn't easier hitting the butt of a chisel with a larger mallet with a 360-degree striking surface. Smacks forehead a la Homer Doh!
 
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