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Hello Eric Very neat work. What did you use to colour the decoration with? thanks John

Hi Bowstaves are sold with the bark already removed and smaller pieces of osage are prepared ready for joining together.

Hello everybody.. I've been away from the site for a while owing to illness but I'm back now. I have just found a place where bow builders can get some Osage Orange. I purchased 2 pieces to build a type of Selfbow. The wood is tough stuff to work with but it is increadibly strong stuff...

Hello There is a chap in Hungary that produces bows at really reasonable prices. He also produces kits for making bows. Additionally other readers will interested to know that he supplies Osage Orange wood at really great prices.. Here is the link http://stores.ebay.co.uk/OSAGE-6575...

That is a nice piece of work :)

Sorry if the photo scares you....but I had a hard day at school.....but the kids thought the hat was kool :lmao:

I got some shellac varnish made up...and applied it to the rim of the hat :) This dries very quickly ....1 hour...and makes the rim stiffer..

That was a really informative tutorial...great stuff :) John

Thats correct clcukcow.....The next time I make a hat, I will make a disk of loosely felted wool, it should be a lot quicker. When I applied the water, I sprinkled it on gently from the centre and worked it outwords. The next stage is to add diluted shellac solutiononto the hat rim to stiffen...

What sort of tissue are we referring too??? Toilet roll, kitchen roll or kleenex type stuff. I am struggling to get it sharp enough for cutting toilet/bog roll....am I wasting my time :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

The next stage was to sew a leather sweat band inside the hat and then give it all a good hot iron.

1. Always have some elastoplasts on your person. :) 2. Aspirins as well. :) 3. Never argue with women :eek: :eek: :eek: John

That's very smart :) :) :)

No...the blade just sort of tears the tissue :eek: ....it cut newspaper clean. :) I even purchased a waterstone to try sharpening it up...then stropping it :o One point I should mention is that the strop has lots of little cuts. I don't know if that will be affecting the sharpening...

Hello....I bought a new straight edge from ebay for £12...but I think I wasted my money (I cannot get it sharp enough to cut tissue cleanly). :o The idea of buying a disposable and re-sharpening it sounds great. :) and that's what I will do (probably find out its my sharpening techniue that...

You should be proud of that spoon....its great stuff John what oil did you use?

The hat has been dried and roughly put into shape. As the photo shows, the wool still needs some more felting to make it smoother and some more shrinking. This is done by puttin the hat on the mold, covering it in a gauze and applying more soap, boiling water and lots of massaging. When...

Drying, shaping and lining...will get photos in soon :)

I fancied a bushy type hat for camping and such....so why not make one :) . I purchased some merino wool from http://www.texere.co.uk/ (£9)and had a practice making some felt first. It's quite easy really. Basically, lay thin layers of wool in different directions and apply hot water,soap...

Not many that's true :) :) :) John