Ryan Grondin Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Anyone try these? I've been using it recently and actually really like it... Wood is good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 I use them. We had a job where we had to take out about 35 cubic feet of wood along the edges of a floor in an old house with chisels. I got tired of wearing out, and breaking wooden mallets, and decided to try one of them. I never went back to anything else. With days of use on that job, and many others since then, they're still like new, except for sweat stained handles. Any chisel they've ever hit has not had the first dent or mark left on a handle. They make it a lot more quiet, and easier on the arm and wrist too. I wish that I'd had them 35 years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Grondin Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Yeah I'm liking the performance.. Its so comfortable too!! I fiond myself reaching for this more often than not now. 35 years ago!! I would have been two lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 35 years ago, I was 38..... crap! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Grondin Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 LOL.. well.. you're experienced... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 I picked one up today, in large part based on the recommendation I saw on here from Tom King. I'm hoping to put it through its paces this weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Grondin Posted August 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 36 minutes ago, SawDustB said: I picked one up today, in large part based on the recommendation I saw on here from Tom King. I'm hoping to put it through its paces this weekend. Nice. doesn't feel good in the hand? I like the feel of it. I may get a different weight, as they have a few different ones. I think it's a keeper so far. I like how it performs. Let us know what you think after you use it a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 I use the 12 oz. for most things, and the 30 oz. for timber framing. The handle felt a little large to me to start with, but it didn't take long to get used to it, and now I like it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Grondin Posted August 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 3 minutes ago, Tom King said: I use the 12 oz. for most things, and the 30 oz. for timber framing. The handle felt a little large to me to start with, but it didn't take long to get used to it, and now I like it a lot. Yeah I didn't think I'd like it at first either, but I played with it a bunch the first day and by the end of the day it felt great in my hand. I like how you can choke up on it, or lay back to whack. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 3 minutes ago, Ryan Grondin said: Yeah I didn't think I'd like it at first either, but I played with it a bunch the first day and by the end of the day it felt great in my hand. I like how you can choke up on it, or lay back to whack. lol LOL...Not going to say it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 I picked up the Shop Fox version for about $15 on sale. It has been a work horse and is my go-to mallet. The handle did feel a little large at first but, by the end of the first session I forgot to notice anymore ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Grondin Posted August 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 56 minutes ago, Ryan Grondin said: Yeah I didn't think I'd like it at first either, but I played with it a bunch the first day and by the end of the day it felt great in my hand. I like how you can choke up on it, or lay back to whack. lol I guess that didn't sound too good lolol.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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