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Dclarke:
I won a bid for an Osage stave off of e-bay a couple of months ago.  :o
Last night I started chasing a ring and got about half of it done.
I have the second half being worked but I have a couple of pin knots that I need to work around and I am not quite sure how to do that  :-\
I have been lucky with this as there are only two that I can see and one is on the very end of the stave and probably will be eliminated when it is cut down to the knocks

Also has a twist in it I think is called a propeller twist? That I will have to take care of later, right now I am concerned with getting around the knots
Any help is greatly appreciated

thanks

Doug

osage outlaw:
My favorite tool for chasing a ring around knots and pin knots is half of a pair of scissors.  If you can find an old set that is all metal, those seem to work better just take them apart at the joint.  You can take the point and really do some precise scraping with it.   

Dclarke:
Thank you Outlaw for the scissors tip!
Do you scrape up to the knot from all directions?
Or do you start at the knot and scrape away from it?
Do you scrape around it but not to it and leave it for last?
I am really clueless about how to approach this  ???

osage outlaw:
I'll drawknife all around it and leave a little island of growth ring around the pin knot.  To keep from tearing it out, you can set the drawknife or scraper right in front of the knot and pull away from it.  Then use the scissor piece to carefully scrape the island from around the pin knot.

osage outlaw:
Here is one that I ground the sharp point into a more rounded shape.

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