What to get for the luthier that has everything?

DeepBlue · 20 May 2007

My brother is a luthier and as somewhat snobbish about us mere cabinet makers, often complaining about our overuse of the mallet, so I thought what better present for his 21st than a hand crafted maple and zebrano mallet (for ornamental use only

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It was actually quite fun to build so I think I might make one for myself, that way I know at least one will be used as it's supposed to :lol:

Slim · 20 May 2007

:lol: Persuadertron :lol: I Love it, well done.

woodbloke · 20 May 2007

Like it :wink:, tho' if I'd made it I would have been inclined to use countersunk brass screws. How big is it, nothing in the pic to get an idea of scale? - Rob

Anonymous · 20 May 2007

If he's that snobby and doesn't approve of the mallet, tell him to go and pluck himself.

DomValente · 20 May 2007

Love it

Dom

DeepBlue · 21 May 2007

Woodbloke: The handles is about 10 inches long. Originally I had planned to make it bigger, but I kept shaving bits off of the bowl blank that I got for the head because the proportions didn't look right.

And yeah, I take your point about the screws. I ordered it very late from Timpson and it only just arrived on the morning of his birthday (although hats off to Timpson for turning it around in 2 days). The plate arrived with the round head screws, but I was sure that I had some countersunk ones at home. After racing home from work that evening they were no where to be found, so I had to resort to the round ones

. Maybe I should steal it back and do it properly...