Perhaps like El Nino, a recurring but irregular phenomena, there may be, for possessors of some genetic marker, a time when it is time to put handles on unused hammer heads. We’re told that to everything there is a time and a season. Ten years ago I made two wooden mallets from scratch and made handles for another two orphaned heads. In the last few weeks I’ve created nice handles for two sledge heads, the first documented here, the second below. Turn, turn, turn – we’ll see how long this weather lasts.

Again a white oak shaft, this one sheathed in quarter inch curly flame maple. Disaster prevention at the top provided by a mulberry crossbar twice pinned with black walnut. The inscription ‘Whomper’ entirely functional.

Ten pounds of whomp for those cases where the gentle application of strong suggestion is warranted.