Little "Tinker"

I made this little mallet for hitting  (tinking)  things that I don't want to mar or dent like a steel hammer would do. I picked up this pistachio branch at the mill and it was cracked everywhere. To salvage the wood to make this mallet, I had to rip the logs along the cracks, run them through the table saw and jointer and put 4  pieces back together to get the blanks to turn.  I turned the handle on 3 centers to make the oval hand grip.
I added a photo of what is left of the original branch.
I filled the remaining cracks with turquoise inlay and coated it with Danish Oil. The last shot is after buffing ans waxing......................................Cheers, Jim