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Lots of you dress you sticks to a good standard ,some good examples in the photo gallery
I am impressed .the coffe stick by CV3 is very good with his low relief work
With this in mind i am trying to develop my own style as i just normally use the shank as a carrier for my toppers
So have decided to use my wifes initial (carved out of rams horn )to place on a sweet chestnut shank rather than a hazel as it dosnt provide enough contrast in colour
also re polished the rams horn to try and lift the colour more
I have alredy posted some photos of it ,but here they are again to view thw effect of different colours on it. and the jig i origally used which will have to be remade to sit onto the new shank .
Just hope the wife dosnt catch me boiling up the horn in her saucepans which will have to be done to fit a smaller diameter
heres some pics
1 is the rams horn letter .
2 the jig i used to bend it into shape
3the hazel shank with the flue de lee on it
4&5 the letter sat on a sweetchestnut shank for comparison after repolishing it
I am impressed .the coffe stick by CV3 is very good with his low relief work
With this in mind i am trying to develop my own style as i just normally use the shank as a carrier for my toppers
So have decided to use my wifes initial (carved out of rams horn )to place on a sweet chestnut shank rather than a hazel as it dosnt provide enough contrast in colour
also re polished the rams horn to try and lift the colour more
I have alredy posted some photos of it ,but here they are again to view thw effect of different colours on it. and the jig i origally used which will have to be remade to sit onto the new shank .
Just hope the wife dosnt catch me boiling up the horn in her saucepans which will have to be done to fit a smaller diameter
heres some pics
1 is the rams horn letter .
2 the jig i used to bend it into shape
3the hazel shank with the flue de lee on it
4&5 the letter sat on a sweetchestnut shank for comparison after repolishing it





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