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flippin' sticks

here is my wore out cedar stick and a new one i just made out of alder
anybody got any lucky sticks ?..............twitko has a few cool ones...chokecherry and walnut IMG_1290.jpg

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this is the wrap stuff for the handle
i will post an image of how it works
it is not electricians tape....it has no adhesive
it is real thick, like a tire inner tube IMG_1402.jpg
 

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a few images of macs black walnut IMG_1434.jpg IMG_1433.jpg IMG_1435.jpg IMG_1436.jpg IMG_1437.jpg
and some flame grain maple used on another stick for the handle on another stick
 

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Inlayed a sir walter raleigh statue in the handle..I have to much time on my hands!

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That came out good... you guys are amusing.
 

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I used to make hiking/walking sticks out of cypress limbs & Chinese Tallow trees. I tried using mine as a "flipping stick" while looking for artifacts...just does not work too good in this Louisiana mud. Hikingsticks5.jpg

I've gotten a set of small garden tools @ Big Lots to make working in my flowers much easier. I ventured out one day to the field bringing the "miniature" garden rake. To me, it is the best thing I've used and that same rake has traveled with me where ever I go to MD hunts. I have it in case I have the opportunity to hunt artifacts elsewhere. I've had it for years, the handle was longer, but husband shortened so I could carry inside the ATV baskets. I can reach over and feel the "ting" of metal against stone. I can actually pick up flakes/chips with one tine without having to bend over. It got cracked when I headed through a gate, not knowing the granddaughter had moved it out of the basket. Glued & taped it just as good as new...but I'm on a lookout for another just like it. I did pick up a miniature leaf rake (all metal), this one works wonders when water hunting...just go under the artifact lift up and you never have to worry about getting wet.


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i dig that little rake
those cypress and tallow limbs have a lot of character.....nice organic sticks
twit has a chokecherry limb he uses...now i see he has put a handle on it made from honduran mahogany
 

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these are two black walnut with macasser rosewood laminated handles
and one stick made of alder with flame rock maple handle also with macasser rosewood laminated handle
these are mac232's sticks IMG_1446.jpg IMG_1447.jpg IMG_1448.jpg IMG_1450.jpg
 

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here is a few images of the handle wrap that you asked about
i posted a picture of what the package looks like on an earlier thread (post#43)
you should be able to get some at a hardware store or supply place IMG_1456.jpg IMG_1457.jpg
 

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here are mac232 sticks receiving the mojo spirit from the mandan site before i send them to him
image #1: planted into a midden
image #2: lying on a buffalo scapula absorbing energy
image #3: on the surface just laid down and just so happened right by a broke old point, a little KRF gum drop scraper, and an old patinated KRF scraper (upside down)
image #4: the stuff IMG_1462.jpg IMG_1463.jpg IMG_1464.jpg IMG_1465.jpg IMG_1466.jpg qq
 

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this is the wrap stuff for the handle
i will post an image of how it works
it is not electricians tape....it has no adhesive
it is real thick, like a tire inner tube View attachment 665497

Thanks, larson1951. I'll look for it. It looks like it makes a comfortably soft grip. Some nie looking sticks. I got a kick out of your pictures below allowing the sticks to absorb mojo. Hey, it can't hurt!
 

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yes my 4 year old little takoja (ta-ko-sha(means grand daughter in sioux) had those M&M's
she got them at the john deere store just before we went to the site...........(john deere M&M's)
i figured some one would catch that
i set the stick down by my truck and then noticed the 3 little pieces by them when i went to pick them up
 

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yes my 4 year old little takoja (ta-ko-sha(means grand daughter in sioux) had those M&M's
she got them at the john deere store just before we went to the site...........(john deere M&M's)

Steve, perhaps that was your little granddaughter’s offering to the Mandan.
It was neat she could be out there with you.

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yup 11kbp i am sure her offering worked since she found a krf point about 15 minutes later which was her first


i am gonna post images of my next two sticks on here real soon
one is for my friend natchitoches
after he picks the one he wants the other one will become available....first come first serve
 

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recieved today , thanks a million ........... check is in the mail tomorrow !!!! 8242012 037.JPG 8242012 038.JPG
 

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