![How do you feel about repurposing old tools? I would like to replace the handle on this antique infill mallet, but would that be a mistake? How do you draw the line How do you feel about repurposing old tools? I would like to replace the handle on this antique infill mallet, but would that be a mistake? How do you draw the line](https://preview.redd.it/how-do-you-feel-about-repurposing-old-tools-i-would-like-to-v0-ocqo7qiti1ia1.jpg?auto=webp&s=008f4526b9f9ad68ec97ef019f5a77b1a61f1147)
How do you feel about repurposing old tools? I would like to replace the handle on this antique infill mallet, but would that be a mistake? How do you draw the line
![Version 2 of my HO Studley Mallet reproduction. Much more accurate size and shape. All casting and woodwork done in house. Instagram: off_artisan : r/handtools Version 2 of my HO Studley Mallet reproduction. Much more accurate size and shape. All casting and woodwork done in house. Instagram: off_artisan : r/handtools](https://i.redd.it/6r7vzcindnq61.jpg)
Version 2 of my HO Studley Mallet reproduction. Much more accurate size and shape. All casting and woodwork done in house. Instagram: off_artisan : r/handtools
![My very own Studley mallet with bronze (courtesy of Bill Martley) African Blackwood, and rosewood infill. Plus some of the hand tools I used to make it : r/handtools My very own Studley mallet with bronze (courtesy of Bill Martley) African Blackwood, and rosewood infill. Plus some of the hand tools I used to make it : r/handtools](https://preview.redd.it/my-very-own-studley-mallet-with-bronze-courtesy-of-bill-v0-4ppp9ys90fd91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=93f04bc504b1172d6a2bed404bc34262bc2b8501)