A Rawhide Mallet is essential in any Jewellery workshop to shape and form metal leaving no marks.
The Mallet head is made using tight rolls of hide (leather) soaked in a resin or Shellac for hardening and put on a wood handle.
Before use – the mallet has to be conditioned. We recommend the following .
Put in a vise and rasp the hardening compound off – the ends can be done with a coarse sander . When removed ,soak head in water for an hour , dry off and rasp again .
After this you will not see any spirals of the leather but rather like the inner side of a piece of leather and will be a soft surface. As it is used it can be trimmed up accordingly.
It sounds a little arduous but time taken to do this will give you best results. Remember a Rubber or Poly Mallet cannot be used again one surface damage has occurred unless repaired expertly.
Your rawhide mallet will give you long time of Service and is available with different sizes of head available. Because this is a ‘light’ mallet there are models weighted with metal to allow more impact depending on work demand.
| Model | QR170022 |
| Size (mm) | 2oz - 90g /4oz -120g / 6oz-160g / 9oz-250g / 11oz-310g /20oz -560g/ 28oz-780g |
| Body Material | Rawhide |
| Handle cover Material | Hickory Wooden Handle |
Head Dimensions: 25*50mm /32* 63mm / 38*76mm / 44*82mm /
50*85mm / 63*102mm / 70*114mm
Total Length Inc Head: 225mm
Specific Uses essential in any Jewellery workshop to shape and form metal leaving no marks.
Features
Soft striking surface designed to prevent damaging, marring or denting of tools
Best for use with metal tools
Reduces hand fatigue during long working sessions
Rawhide head can be trimmed, filed, sanded, and/or rasped, then continue being used if damaged.
This mallet has a heavily shellacked head of quality rawhide on a hard wood handle. It is used for rounding rings on a steel mandrel after stretching and when you don't want metal to be marred. Also great for metal working leatherwork, jewelry and stamping metals. You can hammer, flatten and gently shape metal without marring your pieces.
This mallet has a heavily shellacked head the finest quality rawhide on a selected wood handle
You can hammer, flatten and gently shape metal without marring your pieces
Also great for metal working leatherwork, jewelry and stamping metals