Handcarved Black Walnut Hammers for Hammered Dulcimer

Description

I am here offering a pair of
Handcarved
Black Walnut Hammers for your Hammered Dulcimer
.  I carved these hammers in September of 2022.
I am not certain where the Walnut came from to make these hammers.  I found 2 pieces while searching for something else entirely.  I knew that I could get a great-looking pair of hammers out of them, for there was a high percentage of lighter sapwood than most Walnut has.
These hammers are about
8 1/8 inches
long and pretty well matched.  There are always small differences when handcarving individual hammers, but these are a very well-matched pair of jammers.  They are well-balanced at a point just in front of the grip where they begin to thin out to form the stem. The coloring ranges from light sapwood tan to very dark heartwood.  A very pretty pair of Walnut Hammers.  They both have about the same proportion of dark and light coloring, but on opposite faces so that they can be played with the pale sides showing, or with the darker sides showing.
Having my Classic Wajutipe78 profile, these hammers are well-matched and very comfortable to hold.   At only 0.5 ounces, they can be played all day and not feel heavy.
As usual, I do not glue on any dampening leathers, but will include several pair of matched leathers to attach if and when desired.  They are sanded and oiled with Linseed oil to bring out the grain and finished with a hand-rubbed layer of paste wax.
As usual, I guarantee these hammers for one year against breakage while playing or practicing.  If they break while being misused, stepped on or mishandled, that is your own affair.  If one fails while playing, pay to ship
both of them
back so I can duplicate the broken one from the surviving one.  I will make a new one as fast as I can, then pay to ship both of them back to you.  After offing this for years without any takers, I did replace a broken hammer last year, with a favorable outcome for the buyer.
I wish you Good Luck on your search for good hammers, but I know that you will not find a better pair of quality hammers here on eBay than a pair of wajutipe78 classic design hammers like these.
I have been carving hammers since 1981, and continually trying new things.
I will be offering more hammers in the near future, so come back often to find even more choices in the weeks to come.
W.