On Jan 16, 2008, at 9:57 AM, scott grandstaff wrote:

> Either a genuine pigcticker, or an early shipwright's type mortise 
> chisel (with a beer mug socket!)
> Weighs in well past twice, anything you are likely to buy from a 
> catalog. Twice.
> Made expressly for this type punishment, keeps on tickin'.
>  Gee, you know it's just too bad featherweight anemic mallets are all 
> you can buy for any price.
> If only someone made something small enough to hold comfortably in 
> your hand but wickedly powerful, and yet still able to deliver a blow 
> soft enough not to smash a wooden handle to smithereens.
>  It's just altogether a shame.  ;-)
>     yours, Scott

Cool driveby!! Heh, heh.  Scott only has a couple of his monster 
mallets still available. If you have any idea of ever getting one, you 
better hurry! I doubt that he is going to make any more.

I made my own, and they really are the real deal for heavy duty chisel 
bashing. Almost anything that is as hard or harder than the chisel 
handle is going to tear up your handle.

Having done the custom making of these mallets, I can't recommend that 
most galoots try to do it. It requires a lot of tools that most of us 
are not going to own, including machine tools. Just buy one from Scott.

I am really happy with my mallets.

> Jim Thompson, the old millrat in Riverside, CA.

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