My new(est) birch burr whisky cup.

[Monikieman]

A local birch burr that was quite small and the shape just had to go with the flow of the wood.

Left as many inclusions in as possible. There is one slight leak but that wil be sorted tomorrow with epoxy I hope.

Boiled in coffee to darken the colour and finished with walnut oil.

Thanks for looking.

Brian

 

[Clouston98]

Great work!

 

[HHazeldean]

Now that is stunning, fantastic work there

 

[Toddy]

Beautiful wonderful colour and detail

You could use clarified and heated resin. It ends up looking like amber

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Monikieman]

You could use clarified and heated resin. It ends up looking like amber

cheers,
Toddy

Not sure what that is! Could you clarify!

Problem is it's a very small fissure that is leaking, about a 1.5mm very thin indeed.

 

[Toddy]

I'll get HWMBLT to take some photos tomorrow.
Basically though, gather some resin from the pine trees. Then it gets dissolved in something like pure turpentine so that it can be filtered. Then it's gently heated to dry off the volatile stuff, and as it does so it thickens up until it looks like clear, golden toffee, or amber
It softens with heat, but hardens up as it cools. If you're only going to use the kuksa as a quaich, it'd be very good. Tbh I think the resin would be fine in heat too, so long as it couldn't dissolve again, but since you'll not be drinking turpentine or leaving the alcohol in the quaich for days at a time, it shouldn't be an issue

Please mind that the forum is read by children whose parent's really don't want to be explaining some phrases to them.

cheers,
M

 

[Monikieman]

Many thanks I might give that a go and point taken.(edited)

 

[Toddy]

If you get stuck doing the dissolving bit, I'm sure I've got some of the cleaned up stuff left. Usually himself makes it up into sweetie sized balls for me, and I wrap them up like a chocolate in a twist of wax paper to keep them seperate.

Thank you

cheers,
M

 

[Big Stu 12]

Nice one.... I have so got to make one.....

 

[Goatboy]

Lovely work that, would be a pleasure to drink from, and Toddy's idea for the resin could only enhance it. Look forward to more work.

 

[ozzy1977]

Very nice

 

[Macaroon]

A very lovely thing indeed, you're getting some great results from your carving..................

 

[crosslandkelly]

Great piece of work, looks a beaut.

 

[Coldfeet]

That looks lovely, you must be proud - I know I would!

 

[Two Socks]

that is a lovely burl put to good use. Nice work! Boiling in coffee is a neat idea too.

 

[Monikieman]

Many thanks folks for the kind comments.

I couldn't wait and the araldite and cocktail sticks were out this afternoon.

The acid test was a little Drambuie and so far the liquid is only escaping out of the top and not through the bottom of the cup

 

[Zingmo]

What a beauty! Shame about the Drambuie though

Z