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Speed only comes with experience that said experience comes after you’ve completed a project. As you said the first mallet took a little longer the second mallet went a little faster because the thought process wasn’t as intense as it was on your first project. Regardless of years of experience I believe we all go through it, naturally being able to saw straight and accurately spending less times cleaning parts up will speed things along. A well executed plan and drawings and study of those plans and I’m no longer talking about mallets here greatly aids in the production of work flow. The less time you spend thinking about it the more work you’ll get done.
In regards to sales I believe you could sell them, you will see many mallets for sale, your cheap and nasty ones in local home centre, to the over priced crap in your woodworking stores mostly imported from China and your over elaborate never dare to use made from really fancy timbers. They all sell, everything sells, some faster than others so let it sit there till it sells. Make a few like two or three and see how it goes if it works make another three. If it takes a month so what that month will go by with or without your stock atleast this way you have stock on hand that will earn you something. Never be disheartened if something doesn’t sell immediately just don’t go overboard and make a batch where it will end up costing you a heap of money.
Food for thought old boy. Hope I made sense.