Whenever he was packing the car, he'd always make sure he'd got his wooden mallet.

The stone carver generally uses a shallower stroke at this point in the process, usually in combination with a wooden mallet.

The rest of the cargo included: two pottery sherds, a wooden mallet, and a piece of leather.

To avoid mushrooming the head of the wedge, they are driven with a heavy wooden mallet rather than an iron hammer.

The wooden mallet used has a ball shape head with heavy padding on a short wooden handle.