More things i have been making recently - Thumbstick, Axe handle, Knife.

[Demonwolf444]

Just some Photo's of a thumbstick, a knife and an axe handle i made recently, all finished in tru oil. The Axe head is a Sandvik one, and the handle is from Oak the thumbstick was made from scratch, and the Knife was made from an old chisel, and a supply of oak burl wood i have, and ash, with a leather spacer.

Tru oil on antler looks very nice.

Phone photo's but the lighter wood is Oak burl, the Darker wood is Ash, Leather Spacer between.

 

[Dreadhead]

very nice love that wee axe

 

[crosslandkelly]

Blimey mate, you've been busy. Nice work here, and on your other threads.

 

[copper_head]

Nice work again

 

[Gray]

Nice axe, I'd get Trev to engrave it

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Great stuff.....like them all but that axe handle is a beaut..

 

[cowboy]

You've made a grand job mate!!! Very rustic esk.. Keep up the good work!

Look forward to seeing more in the future

 

[Demonwolf444]

The original axe handle was splitting, and with its last cut it roughed out its replacement. The shape just follows the grain of the branch i used, it seems a bit too curved when you first use it, and it is slightly longer than the original but it actually allows you to get a lot more power into the chop and seems to be a good functional axe once again. It takes an edge well. I have some leather i am going to add, and i am practicing engraving at the moment to give it a try. I have just done a bit on a gun stock of mine today and it came out okay. Had a very large ash tree felled in the garden, and a huge oak fell a few weeks later taking out one of our TPO Yew tree's stripping all of once side of branches, and the yew tree still lives on. I am just trying to make best use of the branches and such as apposed to going straight to the shops or the timber shed. Its fun transforming something from a branch to a functional item.

 

[Dannytsg]

Lovely work. I look at that thumb stick and think that it's made to have some elastic strapped to it and turned into a catty as well.

 

[Demonwolf444]

If i had more antler i would definitely want an antler catty!