houten hamer

Also known as wooden mallet

thumb|Rubber mallets thumb|A wooden mallet thumb|Rawhide mallet thumb|Stonemason's mallets of plastic, wood and steel thumb|An iron mallet with copper faces. Solid head copper mallets are produced with a round or square head thumb|An aluminium [[meat mallet, for tenderizing meat]] thumb|Meat mallet. thumb|Cooking mallet for crushing crops. thumb|Indian cobbler tool kit, with an iron mallet A mallet is a tool used for imparting force on another object, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head.