> On Feb 2, 2016, at 01:36 , Ed Minch  wrote:
> 
> Why does the mallet have a 2 foot handle?

I didn't know any better when I made it, and that was the
length of scrap that I had for it. My current mallet has
a yew handle that I carved, and is much shorter (too bad
the yew has a split in it; I'm no Grandstaff at carving
handles, and it takes me forever).

Adam