| Project by LelandStone | posted 01-24-2012 05:33 AM | 1764 views | 0 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
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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
-- Leland, OC California https://www.etsy.com/shop/heritagehandforged
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 01-24-2012 05:50 AM
You have done a great job on the carvers Mallet.
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tswoodwizard
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#2 posted 01-24-2012 05:53 AM
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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#3 posted 01-24-2012 06:48 AM
And a fine sceptre it is.
steliart
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#4 posted 01-24-2012 09:28 AM
cool mallet, nice job :)
-- Stelios L.A. Stavrinides: - I am not so rich to buy cheap tools, but... necessity is the mother of inventions !!!
LelandStone
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#5 posted 01-24-2012 05:48 PM
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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Jim
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#6 posted 01-25-2012 12:34 AM
Nice job:)
-- Measure twice, cut once.
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#7 posted 01-26-2012 02:25 PM
I dub the… King of the wood pile…or slave to the wood pile. Nice Mallet.
-- The works of evil people are not the problem. It is the "Good" people standing by and watching not speaking up. Dubsaloon
LelandStone
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#8 posted 01-31-2012 10:05 PM
:)
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!
-- Leland, OC California https://www.etsy.com/shop/heritagehandforged
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