Couple of Boxwood Bullroarers i made a little while back, work well too, great fun on Halloween as they make an ungodly sound.
Bullroarers by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
Bullroarers by Mark D Emery, on FlickrBullroarer
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Great work Mark 
For folks who don't know how these work here's a tutorial
For folks who don't know how these work here's a tutorial
Great work Mark
For folks who don't know how these work here's a tutorial
Not seen that video for yonks, still makes me laugh
The roarer is thicker towards the tip to add weight and make it easier to swing, the planform shape is not overly important, but the section shape is thick in the middle tapering to the edges, like a flattened oval, one of the things to make them work is to not use too thick a string, i use doubled up artificial sinew, very strong, but very thin, thereby giving less air resistance. They dont have to be smooth, in fact the rougher they are the more facets there are to "catch the air" which increases its volume, i only made these smooth as the wood is gorgeous and basically looked better smooth than rough.
I like those; they're great fun but can be surprisingly tiring to use (well, with my clumsy technique anyway).
Slightly OT if you'll allow, I once carved one out of a piece of Camel Thorn Tree whilst camping in Namibia (wrong continent I know) - that's bl**dy hard stuff! I walked about a kilometre to the top of a rocky hill and tried it out. It made quite a noise and could easily be heard in camp. So, having made my presence known to the whole population within a Km radius (well, all 5 of them) I came down only to be told that my beige shorts (all that I was wearing) made it look like I was standing at the top of the hill bull-roaring naked!
Slightly OT if you'll allow, I once carved one out of a piece of Camel Thorn Tree whilst camping in Namibia (wrong continent I know) - that's bl**dy hard stuff! I walked about a kilometre to the top of a rocky hill and tried it out. It made quite a noise and could easily be heard in camp. So, having made my presence known to the whole population within a Km radius (well, all 5 of them) I came down only to be told that my beige shorts (all that I was wearing) made it look like I was standing at the top of the hill bull-roaring naked!
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