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Author: Gilado
Date: 2017-08-14 10:28
Hi, I'm interested in buying a rawhide mallet according to the recommendation in the Reg Thorp book
And I found a mallet whose title says "hide" [not "rawhide"]
Anyone knows if there is a difference between "rawhide" and "hide" mallet?
or it's the same thing
tnx, Gilad
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2017-08-14 13:01
Almost certainly the same thing. When I wanted a hide mallet I just asked for a hide mallet and got exactly what I needed. Be aware that the layers of hide on a hide mallet are held together by layers of shellac. This is quite hard and can easily mar a polished metal surface. Break the mallet in by hitting something like a concrete block a few times to break up the top layer of shellac. Carefully clean the working surface before using it and don't keep it on your workbench where it can pick up metal chips.
Tony F.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2017-08-14 14:23
Rawhide hammers are just relatively lightweight non-marring hammers compared with metal (they can mar sometimes like Tony says, but usually don't).
The recommendation in the book is probably just because it was and sometimes still is a standard type. There's basically no real reason to use it instead of a plastic hammer, except some plastic hammers are purposely made to be heavy.
It doesn't matter what "hide" it is. The important point is that it should be a relatively firm, non-marring, lightweight hammer. I have several rawhide and plastic hammers and doing it over again I'd probably not bother with the rawhide.
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Author: Matt74
Date: 2017-08-16 08:16
FWIW: At Red Wing they had us glue soft leather on the ends of our rawhide hammers. I mostly used a delrin hammer. Mostly for brass/dent work. For woodwinds I like a smaller hammer made out of something resembling fiberglass, with a 1/4" or so delrin rod piece with a flattened(ish)/chisled end. I used to adjust flute cups by putting the thin rod end where I wanted to hit, and tapping the rod in turn with the hammer. (I tend to miss with the hammer alone.)
- Matthew Simington
Post Edited (2017-08-16 08:19)
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Author: Matt74
Date: 2017-08-16 08:22
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Pictures... The skinny fiberglass looking one is my favorite, from Ferrees. I think it's fabric and resin - 10 1/2 by 3". The delrin piece is 3/8" by 3".
- Matthew Simington
Post Edited (2017-08-16 08:27)
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