deeksofdoom Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Just wanted to show off how I joined the antler to the shank on this stick, I thought it worked out really well. First off I took the marrow out of the antler using the drill. Then I glued a slab of buffalo horn onto the end. I then found where I thought the centre of the antler was and drilled a hole through the buffalo horn. I widened the hole using a rotary rasp/ dremmel type thing that I got with a set of Lidl drill bits until the hole in the buffalo horn was the same as the hollow inside the antler. After this I made a dowel with the top of the stick. I rasped it into shape to match the shape of the inside of the antler so that it fit nice and snug, hence the weird shape. When I put the antler and the stick together there was a gap big enough for a bone spacer so I gave it the same treatment as the buffalo horn till it fit over the dowel. Here is the antler and the shank joined together as always I used Araldite to glue everything together. After a bit of filing this is what it looks like all it needs now is fine sanding and polishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Neat work DoD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonySmith Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Top work, please post a finished pic after polishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 I always think the sign of realy good stick is the quality of that join - well done If I ever do another one I will do what the stickmaking guild boys do and make an angled join, looks quite hard though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeksofdoom Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) I always think the sign of realy good stick is the quality of that join - well done If I ever do another one I will do what the stickmaking guild boys do and make an angled join, looks quite hard though.. Here's an angled join at least I think it is. Its only a slight angle to it. Is this what you mean? close up Thats a nice stick if I do say so myself, but I think it would have looked better with the end of the tine on it. Edited October 12, 2009 by deeksofdoom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 You got round to making one of them whistles yet mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmooney Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeksofdoom Posted October 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 You got round to making one of them whistles yet mate? No not yet, although you have given me an idea now! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeksofdoom Posted October 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Top work, please post a finished pic after polishing. Here's the finished thumbstick I didn't do too much polishing I just rubbed the buffalo horn down with fine sand paper and wire wool. What I really should do with it is put it in a vice and polish the whole handle with brasso and polishing fabric mops, but I dont have a vice or the fabric mops for polishing. The sticks new owner can do all that if they want to finish it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonySmith Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 1st class DoD.... ATB Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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