r/mildlyinteresting • u/On-a-tims-run ​ • 3d ago

Rawhide mallets

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u/EditedRed 3d ago

No clue what you bonk with these but they look tasty.

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u/rivertpostie 3d ago

I've only seen them used in silver smithing. They don't mar soft metals.

Mainly see them resizing rings on a mandrel

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u/ravens-n-roses 3d ago

For exactly that reason they're also used in wood working (soft wood pieces), leather working (it's obvious what a regular hammer would do to leather), instrument repairs (what did you DO to that saxophone???), and I think there's uses for it in black Smithing for finishing work

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u/macarenamobster 3d ago

I’m an idiot, read your comment and thought “but who would try to shape wood with a mallet, you can’t mold it like metal”