I often come across "twisters" when I'm checking the trails or just generally mooching around the wood.
a bit like this one:
They are formed, as I'm sure most of you know, by honeysuckle and other climbing plants, wrapping around saplings in their quest to reach the sunlight. The sapling continues to grow, often growing over the climber, completely engulfing it, leading to spiral shaped tree's!
They vary in size from quite small, like the one above, to really quite big, often 6-9 inches across, at least around here.
Anyway, they are normally turned in to walking sticks but I had small knarly off cut that was begging for something to happen to it, so I thought I'd try this:
It's made from ash;
with a 4mm allen key for the spike;
The grain of the wood follows the spiral.
The thing with this one, I have found, is that, despite the obvious "crank" in the shape of the handle, it fits left or right equally well.
Anyway thanks for looking
R.B.
a bit like this one:
They are formed, as I'm sure most of you know, by honeysuckle and other climbing plants, wrapping around saplings in their quest to reach the sunlight. The sapling continues to grow, often growing over the climber, completely engulfing it, leading to spiral shaped tree's!
They vary in size from quite small, like the one above, to really quite big, often 6-9 inches across, at least around here.
Anyway, they are normally turned in to walking sticks but I had small knarly off cut that was begging for something to happen to it, so I thought I'd try this:
It's made from ash;
with a 4mm allen key for the spike;
The grain of the wood follows the spiral.
The thing with this one, I have found, is that, despite the obvious "crank" in the shape of the handle, it fits left or right equally well.
Anyway thanks for looking
R.B.
