坡型锤头并不是我们发明的，有图为证！

平头富农

本想请大家看看人家外国千奇百怪的槌球棒，结果我发现：坡型锤头并不是我们发明的。
【有懂洋文的朋友请您给翻翻图片下的文字。】




This is the very first wedge. It was concocted from a piece
of oak banister (hand railing), and an old closet pole !!!

It worked, but it couldn't stand up to our bashing.




This is our first standard wood wedge. We made it from
a piece of 3 inch oak, and some of the same closet pole.
We even tried metal plates on the face to protect it, but
the screws kept falling out from the shock and stress.

This worked better, but the heads still shattered with time.
This mallet is the only survivor of this type.




This is Bruce's first wedge. He used African Rosewood coated
with tons of polyurethane ... and the ubiquitous closet pole.

Even this started to self-destruct under Bruce's "delicate touch".




This is Bruce's second wedge. Although we think he was trying
to reinforce it, we're not really sure what he had in mind.
Bruce's mallets are always very creative and controversial.

This mallet was the incept of our tradition of decorating the mallets.




"Chuckie" This is the first Nylon Composite wedge.
It is a Camo painted mallet, and the first to actually be
painted and named. I guess we got carried away !!!

Actually, it was a revolutionary mallet, and is still
very much revered by the "old" guys.




This is Mjolnir, one of Bruce's other Mallets. It is twice the size
of a standard wedge. He also uses it in the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth.
It's decoration is definately an aquired taste ... like cat food !!!     

Bruce retired this mallet because he hurt his back swinging it.




Just for comparison, here is Mjolnir with Stealth, a more modern
wedge. Mjolnir is very heavy and very ... ummm ... different.

Stealth is a Nylon mallet painted with Ironball Flat Black SR-71 paint.




Stealth ... Ironball Flat Black ... and sinister.
It's hard to find if you lay it down on asphalt !!!

We attach a string to it so it won't get lost.     




This is the first Polycarbonate Wedge-Face. It is literally bullet-proof.
Polycarbonate is used in helmets, bullet-proof vests, and other high
impact objects. It is a very high tech and expensive material.

Our "mallet man" recommended it to us.
We think it is WAY cool.




Bruce's latest design. Polycarbonate and aluminum.
NASA uses these for tracking pulsars in deep space.

As for the holes:
Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a
thermal pocket and refracted the light from Venus.

Well that's what we heard, anyway ...




Mallet Darwinism at its best.
We recently found this exquisite collection of old junk.





Here are two extraordinary mallets. The image was sent to us by
the Xdream Croquettes club in Maine.

They were made and decorated by:

Jessica Vamvakias - hot tamale
Eugenie Moore - flowers




Andy at "The Pit".
A good demonstration of why lesser mallets don't last long.

球场轻风

太开眼界了1

国鸣

挺有意思的。{:soso_e114:}

喜欢门球的灵性

是现代门球棒吧{:soso_e192:}

平头富农

人家叫槌球。我看这些也是他们的上一代人用的东西，你看，几乎 都是自制的！

龙山来凤

威猛的工具{:soso_e114:}！

安利

谁发明的不重要，谁会用才重要。

平头富农

安利安利 发表于 2011-8-7 21:06
谁发明的不重要，谁会用才重要。

高见！我赞同！！！