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Old 01-06-2010, 07:13 PM
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Default can you use a mallet on birch handles
Hi all I found some henry tayolr chisels at a local shop they said the thought the handles were birch. I was wanting to know can you use a mallet on these or do you think they are a diffrent type of wood they are store bought handles.
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Old 01-06-2010, 07:23 PM
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Birch should work fine.If you ever tried to split birch by hand you wouldn't worry about using a mallet on it.
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