Swans head

[yorkshireman]

Swans head stick on hazel shank

 

[fortress]

that's very life like Keith, very well done to you.

 

[Morse]

Can only repeat what John said.
Excellent Keith.

Dave

 

[Dalboy]

A great piece of carving and paint job. Is this for yourself Keith or destined for someone else

 

[Phil Dart]

As has been said - that's extremely lifelike. Beautiful

 

[woodhacker]

Nice stick Keith have you used Danish oil on the shank?

 

[yorkshireman]

A great piece of carving and paint job. Is this for yourself Keith or destined for someone else

Thanks for that Derek, I may keep it myself but if someone's interested it will be sold

 

[yorkshireman]

Nice stick Keith have you used Danish oil on the shank?

It's had six coats of tung oil Peter so should be waterproof. The head I'll finish with a couple of coats of a Matt varnish

 

[Bill Mooney]

That is a beautiful piece of work Keith. Very well done mate.

 

[yorkshireman]

That is a beautiful piece of work Keith. Very well done mate.

Thanks Bill mate it makes a nice change from turning. I've joined a local woodcraft club and most of the men do woodturning. I can't see the point of going there to do that as I've got two lathes in the garage so it's nice just to sit there with a knife and a lump of lime to create summat different.

 

[Penpal]

Stunning Swan keith.

Peter.

 

[Lons]

I like that a lot Keith.

I still have a couple of shanks been "seasoning" for about 20 years and some decent horn as well as a part finished crook.
Dunno where the time goes now I'm retired.

 

[edlea]

That's lovely ....nice one Keith

 

[wm460]

Stunning, It very life like Keith.

 

[Winemaker]

Brilliant

 

[Graham_C]

Super Keith, lovely work