QWORK Wooden Mallet, 9.5" Manual Ice Hammer Mallet Beech Solid Carpenter Wood Hammer Woodworking Hand Tool

There seems to be some confusion about this item in the Amazon reviews that I would like to dispel. Folks are complaining that the head does comes loose on the handle. Yes, that's correct. If it was sent with the head already set it would almost certainly not survive the trip to wherever you are from wherever it was made in China. Moreover, the tenon is not meant to protrude from the mortise as many customers seem to be doing. When you receive the mallet you must set the head by gently tapping it into position with a mallet (or if this your first and only mallet, use a block of wood) until the tenon is flush with the top of the head (see attached photo). For best results, after the head is set soak (fully submerge!) the entire mallet in boiled linseed oil for a week or two. At first it will try to float, and you will need to weigh it down. You will know that it's working after a few days when the mallet sinks to the bottom of the vat. This is a traditional way of treating joiner's mallets. It will cause the tenon to swell in the mortise, which will tighten it against all possibility of future movement. Additionally, it will add weight to the mallet, which will make it more effective at striking your chisels and gouges. It takes a while for boiled linseed oil to cure. If you have a UV box, stick the mallet in there for a week or two. Otherwise leave it in a sunny spot (like a windowsill) for (ideally) a few months. When you're done you'll have an excellent tool that will last the rest of your life.

Seems well built, a little small , actually not using for breaking ice , I'm using it in my shop from hammering on chisels, it doesn't have a finish, so I sprayed it with Shellac

I got this to crush ice for cocktails and it works well. My one gripe is that the handle is a little loose in the head. I had it fly off once, so I tried to seat it on tighter and it goes really far onto the handle. I may try putting a wedge in, but I think there is too much play for it to work. May be better to just wrap the end in tape and set it against that.

So nice, lightweight, perfect size on each side, easy to use, lightweight but effective, sturdy,

I have an ice machine and the wet ice often freezer together. This hammer is perfect for breaking the ice clumps into ice cubes.

Works fine just needed a little more weight and longer handle.

Its nice and light. Which allows it to be easy to use by someone with arthritis, such as myself.The one down fall is the head is loose. Thusly I have to tapping it down to continue to use it. Otherwise I would have given it 5 stars.

Perfect for the project we needed it for. Installing 1/2" dowel rods into a 1 1/2" x 6' dowel rod for a DNA model for my wife's Science class.