Inlaying a Bow Tie with Mallet and Chisel

Inlaying a Bow Tie with Mallet and Chisel

November 14, 2025

About this episode

The episode focuses on inlaying decorative bow ties using traditional hand tools.

In an age of routers and precision machines, for this project, I decided to go back to the fundamentals. Today, I’m inlaying these decorative bow ties using nothing but a mallet and a set of chisels.

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