Just seen this thread. Very cool stuff.
We have a number of Hazel nut trees that are about to be "pruned" short......
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Just seen this thread. Very cool stuff.
We have a number of Hazel nut trees that are about to be "pruned" short......
So ah, hey. Can you make a walking stick out of the end of my own thigh bone for me?
Loved how casually you asked what is possibly the weirdest request I have ever read on a forum!
I'm surprised that with your French connection you're not making a local version of the Makila, Eesbees. I would dearly love one of those... maybe one day.
I could make a makila...!!!
Those Makila look really cool, might have to give that a whirl
@223nut, would you really want the dagger in it!!!! It would at least ward off the Island beasts for you...!!! If you didn't want the sharp pointy bit, I guess it would cease to be a Makila...:)
Yeah the dagger is a bit over the top, would class it as an offensive weapon I'd guess
Yeah, there are not too many wolves running around our hills so there's probably not much call for the pointy bit, but the basic idea and decorative bits are great. When I was in Bayonne I spoke at length with an artisan manufacturer and it was impressive to understand the methods and detail that went into a genuine Makila. As they're considered an offensive weapon in NZ I need an Import Permit to bring one home. One day... one day.
As and aside, I wanted to call my daughter Makila... it was all fine until the wife found out it was also the name of a helicopter turbine engine. I lost traction after that. LOL.
I would have loved to be named after a chopper engine...:D
Haven't been too idle...!!
Puppy Collar
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Lanyard done in the Curious Six Strand Braid...
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Nice way to while away the winter evenings EeBees Very therapeutic.
Slipcollar for a forum member's dog...eight braid herringbone, solid brass rings...
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Hazel nut branch that I had in the garage ceiling for several years.
Made into a gift for the good bloke in France that keeps inviting me to shot driven boar:thumbsup:
Added a couple of Jay feathers from one shot on our shoot.
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Here are some hawthorn sticks I squirrelled away a while ago.
I was down in the neighbours farm cutting up some big old hawthorn trees which make great dense firewood. The odd tree had tipped over in a big blow and survived, putting up new branches off the fallen trunks. I immediately recognised the potential for making walking sticks. It's light but very strong, and you'll never break the handles off these as the grain is running where it needs to.
I made a nice one for my father-in-law and he rates it, far better than his shop-bought one. The front one in the picture is not far from being varnished.
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That is lovely ....
@Sideshow...oh to be invited to shoot in France ... :)
Here you go EeeBees http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...h-drive-32383/
Wicked write up, @Sideshow ... really enjoyed that ... did you see any Roe in the forest ...?
Year just when we where driving back out from the first day, mum with twins.
See loads in the uk though! We have Fallow muntjac and Roe around here....pigs are coming :thumbsup:
My old hip set in resin.
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Creepy and cool all in one :) looks like you done some miles n the thing :thumbsup:
Iots of miles and some stupid big animals carried, just wore the bastard out . It will now out last me.
Oh that is brilliant, John ... :)
I did it ... bought myself a dinky little Dremel today ... yes, money money money ... but it will be really great for doing the finishing off on stick handles ...
Gorse is a pretty dense, heavy wood. But suppose most of your customers don't plan to use their canes for canings.
No not really, @Cordite ... :D:D
You get lancewood up there?
Has anyone used Rose wood for a cane/stick? I have some good lengths from last years prunings that I put away thinking I could do something with them?
Alot of sanding yet to go ...
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ooooooopppppppppppssssssss!!!!
Another stick which is completed ... brass head ...
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do not understand why these are upside down ... blast!!!