My first handle, made from mystery wood, possibly bass wood which is a terrible choice for a handle but it probably won't see much use. I de-rusted, polished and linseed oiled the head. The handle is sanded to 220 and several coats of BLO.
I need to find a fellow NC woodworker who can carve ball claw feet for a coffee table that I made for my living room. I'm willing to pay reasonable amount for your work. I can sand and finish the feet myself; but need someone to do carving. I am located in Raleigh area and willing to drive up to...
I have been asked to build a Queen Anne style table that has cabriole legs with ball and claw feet. see drawing in maloof side chair completed thread. There was a recent article in one of the woodworking magazines for which I subscribe that describes how to carve the foot and it appears...
Most of you have seen ball and claw details on some period pieces. Well here's a ball and bear tomahawk. I am using a photo of another recreation from an Iroqois tomahawk made of maple. I'm pretty busy at the moment building a rifle and a tomahawk but I figured I might as well go ahead and use...