Fish Hooks

[Kepis]

Have just finished off a couple more 'Primitive' fishing hooks, the hook bodies are made from Ash and the point is a thorn from a hedge up the lane, the whipping has been done with jute twine, ie garden string from the local garden centre, the one on the right with the white flax whipping i made the other day.

I went a bit wrong with the larger one as i didn't carve the main body to quite the right shape and this has impacted on the whipping, as it's not as tight and even as it should be, i might take it apart and do it again, but there again, i thinking i could just make another one from scratch, it's not like it takes a long time to do and i also quite like the 'open weave' effect.

 

[spandit]

Very nice. The pine resin we collected would glue those nicely to stop them falling apart or does the jute shrink in the wet and tighten?

 

[Kepis]

The whipping should hold it all together fairly well, but i might add some pine pitch to it just to secure the whipping a bit, seems a bit more shrafty than super glue

 

[spandit]

I had a goodly amount but tried purifying it & now have a ruined muslin cloth. Should burn well, mind!

 

[Kepis]

Take it along to the Bonfire in Lewes on the 5th, mind you it's probably more flamable than the things they will be burning down there