I took 3 pieces of 3/4 x 21/2 3 inches long, laminated them with gorilla glue squared them up, ran the lateral corner edges thru my table saw at 45 deg. Made a handle 6 inches long by1 1/2 x 2, drilled a mortise in the mallet and used a belt sander to form the tenon, glued the ever loving crap out of it. I used the end grain to whack on things with. It works great with my wooden handled chisels and gouges and I use it also for stuburn assembly pieces. Held to get her for 10 years now. Even made a smaller one for smaller stuff.