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This is the bubinga and white oak mallet I made for the swap. It was basically a series of of lamination's and shaping the handle with a spokeshave. The 1/2" brass pins are driven all the way through. To finish it off I used a little woodburning pen to sign "rojo" on the base. Glad I made two so I could keep one;-)

This was sent to LJ GMatheson somewhere north of here called "Canada." It really is a drag that you have to go there to get milk in a bag. Sorry, Canada always makes me think of this old ska song.
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Very cool… Twins :) Nice looking mallets. Thanks for sharing…
 

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Wonderfully exicuted, and FIY Jeff the Girl is a good friend of mine.
 

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Beautiful pair.
 

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No kiddin Todd. I love me some FIF.
 

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this thing is freakin awesome. I love the design!! and i bet the brass really helps pack a punch
 

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No kiddin. She (Leanor) is still on staff at my church (that FIF started)
 

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I really wanted some brass pins for my build Red, just couldn't source them in time. That looks great! GM's lucky to get it.
 

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Those look awesome Red, fine work!
 

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Really nice mallets Red. Great wood choices.
 

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Good idea to make two of them-that way you both get to enjoy them!
 

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Fantastic work. Yes, as has been said, the brass was a really, really nice touch. Me gusta mucho Senor Rojo.
 

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Thanks everyone. I bought a 4 ft rod of brass….so I'll have plenty for future stuff alright. Bronze isn't much more and I was tempted to try that.

Actually, I had a little blow out on one while driving the brass rod through. So I just glued it and kept that one.
 

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You did a nice job there Red. I like bubinga.
 

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Great mallet. Five Iron Frenzy takes me back to high school.
 

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Nice Work, You made it to the Top 3 also, I wonder how many of us made it to top 3
 

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It's a great mallet Red. I'm sure it will get lots of use and probably show up in lots of shop pics. Nice song too…I've never heard it before but my milk comes in lots of containers. In my fridge now I have it in bags, a carton and a glass bottle.

Thanks for the mallet
 

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Glad you like the mallet Greg. I found that piece of qutrsawn bubinga in the cutoff bin at the local woodworking store and I knew what it was destined to be. Pretty hard stuff. I think I'll be adding some leather to mine too;)
 

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Really nice!
 
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