Make Your Own Large Rawhide Mallet

[IronPig]

Nice mallet. I made myself one of those about 25 yrs ago using near identical source materials for use with a leather stamping kit. I then discovered how it wouldn't damaged the surface finish when hammer shaping aluminum. I still have it, and still use it. Haven't had to rebuild it per say, but did replace the handle with a slightly shorter one than I originally built it with to gain a little more control over the mallet when shaping.