New Mallet Cover

[hckymeyer]

There just aren't many options out there for cool mallet covers.  One of the only companies I can find that does custom ones is GirlyGolfer.  I know her covers are great (I have 2 blades she did a while back) but I didn't want to wait for her turn around time or spend $60 on another cover.

 

So after emailing every company I could find that had a cool blade cover and asking if they could make it in a mallet I decided to just make my own.

 

I start googling blue leather and found a guy in MN that has a ton of stuff.  I bought 3lbs of scrap leather for less than $10.  I bought some magnets from Home Depot for $3 and I had the rest of the supplies already.

 

I used an old cover and traced out my pattern.  

 

 

Added some fake sherpa lining I had left over from a previous headcover project.

 

 

Stitching it is by far the most time consuming part, but it's not terrible.  Poke a few holes with the awl, put in a couple stitches.  repeat for an hour.

 

 

Finished product on an Odyssey Works #7.  It turned out not bad.  I like it because I made it, but you can definitely tell it's not made by a leather craftsman

 

[JBones]

Not too shabby for the first time. I'll still go to to GirlyGolfer for my mallet covers, because she's 10 minutes from me......and married to my cousin. Ha

 

 

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[RexS]

Very nice, especially since I just bought a Yes Groove Tube Putter without a cover.  I may be using your tutorial to make one for mine.

[PlaidJacket]

Hcky we need to talk. LOL

I swear stitching together a head cover is probably the last thing I'd ever attempt to do. You are one handy kind of guy. And... your head cover looks pretty darn good I must say.

I think MGS needs to start a new award each month for guys that do stuff like this. In fact, I'm going to go ahead and proclaim you the MGS Innovator of the Month. Congratulations!

[Kenny B]

Anybody still sporting Bumbles head cover??

[RexS]

There just aren't many options out there for cool mallet covers.  One of the only companies I can find that does custom ones is GirlyGolfer.  I know her covers are great (I have 2 blades she did a while back) but I didn't want to wait for her turn around time or spend $60 on another cover.

 

So after emailing every company I could find that had a cool blade cover and asking if they could make it in a mallet I decided to just make my own.

 

I start googling blue leather and found a guy in MN that has a ton of stuff.  I bought 3lbs of scrap leather for less than $10.  I bought some magnets from Home Depot for $3 and I had the rest of the supplies already.

 

I used an old cover and traced out my pattern.  

 

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Added some fake sherpa lining I had left over from a previous headcover project.

 

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Stitching it is by far the most time consuming part, but it's not terrible.  Poke a few holes with the awl, put in a couple stitches.  repeat for an hour.

 

Cover 4.JPGCover 5.JPG

 

Finished product on an Odyssey Works #7.  It turned out not bad.  I like it because I made it, but you can definitely tell it's not made by a leather craftsman

 

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The way you have it stitched together, is it possible to turn it inside out? Or is it too stiff?  I was thinking maybe it could be sewed together inside out to begin with then flipped.  Just a thought.

[hckymeyer]

Anybody still sporting Bumbles head cover??

It's in the garage on an extra club, I stopped using it when I had Bestgrips make my Transformers covers

[hckymeyer]

 

The way you have it stitched together, is it possible to turn it inside out? Or is it too stiff?  I was thinking maybe it could be sewed together inside out to begin with then flipped.  Just a thought.

 

You could absolutely do that.  It was a conscious decision to leave the stitching visible.  I wanted the look of contrasting white stitching on blue leather.

[JAGolfore]

nice job Hckymeyer.  I made one in college out of a Crown Royal bag, it lasted about a year. 

[josmi15]

Interesting, I just gave my putter a name and am trying to find a new cover for my Cleveland Classic......

 

I'm going to look up girly golfers

 

 

 

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[JudgeSmails]

http://girlygolfer.com/

 

Looks like they make some cool stuff.....$60 really isn't bad for a custom made cover

[hckymeyer]

http://girlygolfer.com/

 

Looks like they make some cool stuff.....$60 really isn't bad for a custom made cover

She makes very nice covers, I have two blade covers from her that I had done a few years back.  The biggest reason I went a different direction was the time frame.  I didn't want to wait 2 months for the cover.

[808nation]

Not too shabby for the first time. I'll still go to to GirlyGolfer for my mallet covers, because she's 10 minutes from me......and married to my cousin. Ha

 

 

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It's all about networking and who you know...lucky guy. I'll need to check out her site.

 

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[808nation]

Hckymeyer, great job on the mallet cover.

 

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