What to hit a EPH with, should the dome be more like a bun ?

[Dovetaildave]

I'm on holiday and have the chance to do some turning, brought my smelly custard and jelly marples with me and gonna try to re-handle them' A-la Alf,s English Pattern Handle, blog/post.

Now I'm thinking about the domed head ( should it be more of a "Bunhead"?)......does that mean I'm going to have to use my flat faced malett, or can i continue with my round carvers malett ?

Anyone here with experience of English Pattern Handle/dome headed handles, does a carvers malett make solid contact, do you have any malett preferences or advice?
Thanks,
Dave

P.S. will leave tomorrow to spend 5 days on a small island called Xiamen in the south china sea, (been told to visit it before the connecting bridge is built and it looses its charm), don't know if I'll have Internet connection, will have one day in a workshop on my return.

 

[AndyT]

It's not a general purpose style of handle at all. Strictly for hand work only - no mallets!

 

[Dovetaildave]

Really, Why would that be, so that would mean paring and carving chisels only have EPH ?

 

[AndyT]

Well, it's my advice not the law. I assume you actually mean 'London Pattern' octagonal handles. Surely the point of them is to mark out top grade chisels, not every day tools - so often that would have meant paring chisels.


I have one or two small chisels with those handles which have been malleted by previous owners and have survived fairly well but it's not what I would do.

 

[Dovetaildave]

" I assume you actually mean 'London Pattern' octagonal handles" ~EPOH, yes that's the one.

How about ;'London Pattern' octagonal Chisel handles ~ EPOCH

I have one or two small chisels with those handles which have been malleted by previous owners and have survived fairly well but it's not what I would do.

Thats interesting,what wood are they made of?

 

[AndyT]

I think they are boxwood but they might be beech.

 

[Argus]

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I've noticed that London Pattern handles on narrow chisels tend not to roll off the bench as round handles do.

Boxwood was the wood-of-choice for 'best' quality handles, but beech is OK. If you are intent on flogging the daylights out of them, consider Ash.

Domed handle ends work well with round mallets. That's why carvers mallets are usually rounded.

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