Sycamore wood bowl blank supplier

[Harvestman]

Well fancy that! A it happens well be at Caerlon on the edge of Newport in just over a month so if I can hold my horses I can save the postage. I hadn't turned (no pun intended) that one up in my clumsy googling, thanks!

I can understand them not having a price list due to the ever changing nature of their stock but very roughly what's the normal cost of a big sycamore blank, so I don't go into catatonic shock when I phone them up?

Cheers folk!


atb

tom

Hard luck on having to be in Caerleon. Not a fate I would wish on many people.

Best to give isca woodcraft a ring and ask about prices, and if they know you are coming they might source something for you. They don't respond well to emails, but they do respond to phone calls. It is just a 2 person operation.

 

[tombear]

Well the daylight wasn't so hot so I I had to use the flash in the end.

Top left Black 100% wool felt stock clearence cost about £8,
Middle Brown wool felt 50p off of Haslinden car boot
Top right same as top left
Bottom left, Czech thick double sided fur felt I wont embarras myself by saying how much that was but it was eye watering
Bottom right 100% wool felt cost less than the fur felt but still more than I'd countance, both presents form the wife who was in a exceptionally good mood.

Not shown a roll of the best black worsted wool 1.5 inch tape given to me by the maker as a end of roll, enough to do at least three of them including the monster and a good selection of 100% flax line cloth to make the linings.

Just need the hatblock and a bit more research.

Heres a practice job I made for son from a charity shop ladies wool felt wedding hat a scrap of linen and some cotton tape.

He was playing Buttons in a school panto, it was probably overkill. there was a bunch of big ostriche (?) feathers nicked from his brothers ECW hat in it for the actual show.

ATB

Tom

 

[British Red]

ATB

Tom

I think your hats need names! This one is, I feel, "Roger the Cabin Boy"

 

[redneck]

superb, what sort of stiffener do you use and does it work on wool felt just as well as fur felt?

 

[tombear]

In the past I've used normal spray starch but this time we bought a pint jar of professional Felt stiffener that Parkins sell. Not authentic they, used sugar at one point!, and shellac after the the period I'm interested in but much better than watered down PVA.. It says is a polyvinyl butyrate in alcohol and ester. Will work on all felts they said.

atb

tom