Club style mallet - PEP BB roundwood.sand.club

I was felling a tree and my bow saw got stuck. I wanted to use a hatchet as a wedge but I needed a mallet. So, I cut one from the tree I was butchering.

This one was pretty fun.  I didn't realize how quick it would go.  I used a chunk of Paw Paw wood.

Sorry, I forgot to take that last picture!  I lashed it with paracord and can still get my fingers around it.

Minimum requirements:
  - roughly 16" long and 4" diameter at the fat end
  - handle that you can comfortably hold
  - handle is smooth enough that you won't get a splinter using it
  - made with hand tools only

To document this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):

  - Your chunk of wood that you are starting with (about 16 inches long and 4 inches in diameter)
  - progress about half way through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this
  - final product held in your hand showing that your thumb and first finger can touch (any fatter than that and your hand will get very tired using it)

I harvested a piece of wood from the trail I maintain using a hand saw. The top of a tulip tree had come down during hurricane Ida. The branch was still green and I took a long enough piece so I could use the excess to make the other sand badge mallet.

I cut a 16 inch piece. I then cut a ring, the depth of my bow saw blade, marking the end of the head and start of the shaft. I then used my hand axe to shape the handle and my Japanese Nata to remove the bark from the head and chamfer the edges.

I only used my axe on the shaft, rotating and removing fine slivers to get a very smooth fines. It’s the first time I’ve used an axe for such delicate work. It was a real joy.

Here are my pictures for submission.

The following is my submission for the BB round wood make a club style mallet.  I raise a journal for each BB so that I can add to it as I learn more.  When completed, the journals will form a complete book of learning.
Thanks for reviewing the submission.

Minimum requirements:
  - roughly 16" long and 4" diameter at the fat end
  - handle that you can comfortably hold
  - handle is smooth enough that you won't get a splinter using it
  - made with hand tools only

To document this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):

  - Your chunk of wood that you are starting with (about 16 inches long and 4 inches in diameter)
  - progress about half way through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this
  - final product held in your hand showing that your thumb and first finger can touch (any fatter than that and your hand will get very tired using it)

I've been needing a mallet for a while, and this section of pear was too knotty for other woodworking, so BB time!

  - Your chunk of wood that you are starting with (about 16 inches long and 4 inches in diameter)

  - progress about half way through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this

Note: also used a saw to get a cleaner line (see saw above)

  - final product held in your hand showing that your thumb and first finger can touch (any fatter than that and your hand will get very tired using it)

I turned a log into a bonker.  Submitted for your approval.

At the BB20 event at WL, Trent made a club style mallet.  He used a bow saw, fro, (another mallet), and draw knife.