What is the angle on a mallet face?

[Kent A Bathurst]

You know - the ubiquitous beech mallet, used for whacking mortise chisels and others, whose faces are at an angle to the centerline of the handle. Like the Lee Valley one below.

What's that angle v. the handle centerline?

Going one question too far, I suspect: If you were making one, what angle would you use?

This will be used 90% on LN and Ray Iles mortise chisels - heavy, and Ima whale on that sucker.

Thanks


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