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Has to wait , got skirting board to fit, beating starts on the 15th trying to get jobs done ...

It's buffalo horn

This is dog Rose, makes a good dense stick , I'd leave the thorns on and season for a good twelve months , knock thorns off and away you go , I've also got a perfect dog rose thumbstick, which is rather nice .

Right so, either a sign , optics holder for a bar ? Funky clock or lamp with copper & eddison bulb , was either thinking of bit of green/ blue resin in the grain for a hint of water ! Let it dry out for another week or two then get going on it

Coat rack too obvious ! Got a couple of ideas , got a sign making kit for the router, is one , got at least couple more ....

Heathen !

Picked this piece of pine up off the beach , was a fair bit scabby & couple of rusty nails , been drying out for a couple of weeks, still smells of the sea , I've just ran the sander over it and it's cleaned up nice , both sides totally different finish, so thinking of ideas for it , make a cool looking piece ! Got a couple of ideas , but fresh eyes & ideas welcome.....

Steve sending you a pm ..

Evening! Just a short post concerning the odd person who asks occasionally about a stick , just let you know , please don't ask , as there not available, cheers.....

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That sounds intriguing...

The lyre & churchill tops where from highland horn , made a couple in the past from scratch , not practical now really as buffalo hard to get hold of and it saves a lot of time ! They make a nice topper when cleaned up..

Cheers Nathan , soz about the resin , hopefully see her out for a couple of years use....

A batch of thumbsticks , in reds on holly & hazel , sika on blackthorn, rest a mixture of churchil & lyre in buffalo, hardest part straightening shanks...

You can bend & shape buffalo with heat , if you want a curved handle, after bending initial sanding to shape with 80-120 grit emery, then use a new stanly blade to scrape , then going with the grain 180-240 sand to get most of the scratches out , then wet& dry , 400- 1200 grit working through, put on the mop , shows any imperfections up , then back to scraping & wet /dry again! When happy put on the mop with a bit of polishing soap , then I use autoglym car polish , lastly on a slow speed , abuff with cherry blossom black shoe polish, brings it up lovely! Be warned horn may have imperfections init you carnt get out so have to roll with it...

It's buffalo, polish up nicely...

Neither, you mean thursaton? Further down the river towards burton

One looks like a piece of buffalo, other a rams horn, it looks like a really , really lot of work , to be honest not sure if it's worth the effort, buffalo worth something though

Last one now , just finished the green one off , don't look to bad , will invest in some more pigments , they do a pearl/ silver and a few others , not very traditional, but look cool, also at some point, find a bit of nice burl , make a burl / resin top in a loud colour!

been busy , actually sticked out , going to have a break , resin experiment think was a success, made a double bronze spacer, on a nose out buffalo on a dog rose briar , I've danished it & waxed it didn't want a gloss finish, the other is using green spacers on a buffalo crook , on hazel , just finishing that one up ! Having a break now, hope you enjoyed, ta....

Second experiment, this one has a bronze/ copper colour, I think it suits the dark hazel nicely, in the light it's a bit 3d , with the swirls in the resin , going to do a few more variants now , see what works best .

Just fettled it up , meant to be purple , looks more blue , shame the horn has a delam on the other side ,as the actual horn has a smokey grey colour , think I'm going to have to lacquer this one to seal it up , shame really

It's a hazel , bit non descript, ran the orbital sander, loosely over it , bit shabby chic for a better word, probably could of Done with an antler crown on top of it, actually like it , bit different

Cheers Nathan .