fishfish 17 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Over the Christmas period i managed to lose my stick whilst out and about one evening....but thats another story! so there i am with out a stick and given that i was waiting in all day for a postal delivery that didnt arrive i thought ide make my new stick. lurking by the fire side was a nice hazel stick i cut back in October from a local hedgerow,not overly straight,but then i dont like ultra straight stix ,for the collar i used a piece of scrap dimondwood from a catty i made and the stick top was an Exmoor deer crown from a 8 point stag i bagged a couple of years back. The stick,collar and top were duly drilled with my trusty stanly hand drill,then a section of threaded bar inserted and glued together with epoxy resin.Cup of sweet tea and a bacon butty later and it was good and solid ready for shaping ,and polishing with 0000 wire wool,job done. So many times i have set a coin in the crown of the antler,this time i thought ide do some carving,after looking in some books i fancied a go at a Tudor rose,this proved a tall order! so first thing this morn i started carving with the dremmel and an ultra fine routing burr having first drawn it out with a pencil,the job started ok but mid way i was very unhappy,and having spent 3 hours on it was a bit disappointed,time for lunch! Once the pheasant pasty was washed down with a pint of cider i set back to the carving,the cider had had the desired effect and things started going better,after a bit of buggerin about i darkened around the rose with wood dye and bobs yer muvvers bruvva! thanks for looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxy 617 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Very smart, The wonders of sweet tea and bacon butties. Just think what you could have achieved if you had of had your weetabix Nice job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinman3 3 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 make me one lol, thats great looking that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishfish 17 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 cheers chaps! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fil 0 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Beautiful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pitmanuk 2 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 very nice mate the best i have do is scrape the bark of a blackthorn branch so my hand doesnt get dirty. atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SNAP SHOT 194 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 really nice bit of work.. Atb. Snap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cocker 2,654 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 very very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alaunt 4 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Nice work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devonvale 0 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 hey ALAUNT why dont you get him to make one for you to help you with that dodgy knee and you wont have to get rid of that crackin wee cocker lol, ..... nice stick by the way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DUCKWING 302 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 GREAT STICK FISH , IVE QUITE A FEW SETS OF ANTLERS IVE COME ACROSS , BEEN GIVING MANY AWAY TO LADS AT WORK ........THINK I MIGHT KEEP A FEW BACK FOR A FEW PROJECTS .. ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,170 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 There is the problem of the lost stick, it's the sweet tea, bacon butty, pheasant pasty and pints of cider. Nice stick though, very similar to a stick of mine. You've got yourself a very handy offensive weapon. I always imagined burying mine into someone shoulder and dragging them around........feck I better take some medicine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teesdale-rabbiter 15 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Looks great a credit to you , T-R Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peacockks 2 Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Fantastic effort fishfish, really nicely done - you may have even spurred me into some form of having a go. Whereabouts in S Wilts are you, my wife is from Corsham, with fam in Bristol/Bath/Chippenham Regards Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CZ KID 0 Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 thats a great looking stick mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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