Where do you pick up all your wonderfully crooked sticks? Especially in Florida?
Some guys do inlay work on their sticks -- this is also something that I intend to give a try.
Where do you pick up all your wonderfully crooked sticks? Especially in Florida?![]()
So I just got done canding this one down to this point....Not many knots or anything too special with natural looks to the fine grain...I`m no artist,and can`t carve....So I`m trying to decide what to do with it,stain,torch some patterns in it,or buy some trinkets to put on/in it....
Thanks brother...I just stumble around out in this one spot with my saw,and loppers in my hand until I find something unique...Where do you pick up all your wonderfully crooked sticks? Especially in Florida?![]()
So I just got done canding this one down to this point....Not many knots or anything too special with natural looks to the fine grain...I`m no artist,and can`t carve....So I`m trying to decide what to do with it,stain,torch some patterns in it,or buy some trinkets to put on/in it....
Some guys do inlay work on their sticks -- this is also something that I intend to give a try.
What do they inlay with? Stones,metal,ect.????[/quote]
What do they inlay with? Stones,metal,ect.????[/quote]
Aaaah cool...I bought some copper and steal wire,gonna try them both together and see if I can get it to lay right....CA glue is basically super glue -- they sell it In larger quantities in woodworking stores. Cut a groove to accept the wire, and glue it in; the goal is to have the wire flush with the wood -- the two becoming one. There is some talk on WSF about it, but there is a lot on-line also.
Keep us updated on your progress!
The only way I can think of to get a spiral groove all the way around the stick is to use the edge of a file...Or just carve out a 1/2" band so that all the wire lays in that band, instead of grooving it...Cool stick and ideas being thrown around. Have to see the finished product when you get done.
I just harvested a Birch stick last week, very similar in shape to yours. I'm leaving the bark on mine
though and when dry going to add some cherry danish oil to it and round the top off, then throw some
spar on it.
Thanks,luckily the tip and handle pretty much line up even with all the bends and twists....That is a good looking stick. I'm a fan of the twisted and crooked.
Yep,that would be a good way to check it for alignment up an down....When you set it up like the last pic it really does have a nice bend there at the handle. I'm going to check mine with a piece of string
and weight and see how close the handle and tip are.