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Mo_coon-catcher:
Here’s one I made for demonstration at the Central Missouri Renaissance Festival. It’s from a pretty charactered stave from a long since dead Osage tree that had the sapwood rotted off. I did not touch the stave with any heat for corrections or tempering.

 There is 90* of propeller twist from one end to the other, to compensate I cut single side nicks on the high side. Several large longitudinal crack. One big knot in the upper limb that just didn’t make a clear through hole after cleaning out the soft stuff. There are also several small bug holes that are only about 1/16” across. The handle got too thin to crest a full sized stiff handle so I left as much as I could and used my gooseneck scraper to just clean out the splintery bits and leave little dished out grooves. The finish is just boiled linseed oil. At the time of the pictures it has 1 coat and each coat since has made the colors appear deeper. The woods color is natural and fresh cut. I didn’t measure but set is no more than one inch with one limb having 4” reflex and the other 2” deflex in the end. I almost forgot about the mild S-shape to the front profile.

It was an interesting piece to work. Especially stopping frequently to talk, answer questions, and show people what I was doing and why.

That is for looking.

Kyle

Mo_coon-catcher:
A few more

Mo_coon-catcher:
And last few

Bob Barnes:
You have talent Kyle... Great job on a gnarly piece of wood.  I'm looking forward to a picture of the deer that you get with it this year.   :OK

bassman211:
Well done with that piece of wood.

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