some finished projects...some in progress
been on a productivity roll in the primitive skills class. both in bringing some projects closer to being finished as well as having new projects opened up and added on to the to-do list.
of the few that are closest to completed i wanted to share a few of my favorites.
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this is a knife i started way back in...november i think was the blacksmithing clinic. finally got a chance to sharpen it up and finish the sheath. not to toot my own horn butim really proud of my sharpening job. thats the first thing ive sharpened from truly dull to a working edge. i cant quite manage to get it "hair popping" but it takes off the paper slices decent enough.
maybe some of you other knife nerds can help me with some sharpening pointers. like i said i can get it to a sharp working edge and i know thats good enough but why is shaving sharp still so elusive? i use a diamond sharpener to get the working edge, then switch to a japanese combo wet stone to try and get it razor sharp. all i can manage to do is develop a bur which, once removed, actually seems to leave the knife duller than how i got it with the daimond sharpener.
does this make sense?
ideas?
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this is a wingbone caller! i think this might be my favorite project yet just because its so easy and so cool and so much fun to use. for anyone who doesnt know this is a turkey call and its made from the wingbones of a turkey!
how great is it that inside a turkey is the makings of a tool which will help you catch MORE TURKEYS.
irony.
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at the top of the photo is a net shuttle i carved from a piece of cherry wood with a bundle of dog bane cordage i made from a bundle i harvested last year. in the class we are all adding rows to a communal fish net which will hopefully be put to good use in the spring.
the folded packet is a sewing kit envelope we made out of rawhide. just a quick fun project.
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i dont know if anyone remembers a post i made a while ago with concerns about my bow stave but its come a long long way. there was some checking but i managed to cut the bow shape around it/below it and everyting has been going pretty good i think... actually ive recently brought it a lot further than this photo. i finished rasping it down to shape, sanded the back smooth and now i just have a bit of thinning to do on the belly before i think its ready to start tillering. word.
thanks for looking
