There's clearly a distinction between joiners and carvers mallets. I presume most old craftsmen used the joiners mallet on their chisels for a reason, but the sharper my chisels have become the less I've been bashing and I'm wondering why the joiners mallet is so large. For that matter why are so many carvers mallets big monsters as well? Maybe the big ones were more for stone masons?
When making delicate dovetails it would seem to me a small scale carvers shaped mallet would be more effective and easier to control. I realise a lot of people just use a hammer on composite handled chisels and Japanese aficionados choose a gennou.
Anybody out there with any insights into mallet design?
When making delicate dovetails it would seem to me a small scale carvers shaped mallet would be more effective and easier to control. I realise a lot of people just use a hammer on composite handled chisels and Japanese aficionados choose a gennou.
Anybody out there with any insights into mallet design?
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