My Woodworking Crafts

[River Rat]

As so many of you know, I love the beauty of wood. I may not be artistic as Ron or Fossis, but I do enjoy working with natural wood. I use mostly cypress & Chinese tallow wood. Each wood is different to work with, cypress has a natural shredding that has to be removed, it does take time.

I attempted making things out of cypress knees...I gave it up (I can't paint) http://www.ebsqart.com/ArtMagazine/za_102.htm


At the present time it is more comfortable sitting on my ATV to debark the sticks

A few finished sticks

The beauty of what mother nature does to cypress left in water...hard to find

Not long enough for hiking sticks, but Fossis gave me some ideas

This stick was won by someone at the MO hunt last year

RR

 

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[Noodle]

Wow, Rat, those are neat! I might have to talk you out of one of those squirrelly ones. I gave my last one to my dad in Missouri and he loves it! -Noodle

 

[Calworks]

cool looking wood there RR

 

[-Jones-]

NICE WORK, NICE STICKS.

 

[VanGone]

Excellent job,sure interesting to see what you have created.Thanks for posting .
Van

 

[CarolinaDigs]

River these are great !! I really love the curly ones and the design in the wood looks like an artist did this !! Well one did > the greatest artist of all time > Mother Nature

 

[fossis]

River these are great !! I really love the curly ones and the design in the wood looks like an artist did this !! Well one did > the greatest artist of all time > Mother Nature

So True, Fossis.............

 

[HillbillyTH]

Good looking hiking sticks . I like woodworking to.

 

[CarolinaDigs]

Good looking hiking sticks . I like woodworking to.

Well HB you are really talented also The musical instrument looks familiar. What is it called ? I saw a group playing something very similar to the design you have here. I am convinced that treasure hunters are not only unique and adventurous in nature but they all seem to have TALENT

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Very Nice RR,

I love that character wood, and looks like you did super job of finishing them.

Ron

 

[MEinWV]

Hey R.R., Walking/Hiking sticks are right up my alley too! Yeah, it takes some time to clean them up, but that is what I like about it. When I strip the bark, I try to avoid cutting into the natural surface of the wood itself. I use a Barlow knife with a dull blade to strip the bark(doesn't dig in). I leave some natural and just coat them with a spar varnish. I carve in some of them and use a woodburning tool also. I really need to get some pics on here, but keep putting it on the back burner.

You have some great looking wood there! Nice work!

Thanks for showing us!

 

[Montana Jim]

RR!!

WOW!!

It's all been said... those are fantastic!

Do you sell them?

 

[roswellborn]

RR, I love seeing your walking sticks.

Now, Mama Nature may get 'em all twisty for you, but it takes a good eye to recognize 'em when you see 'em.

I feel privileged to have one of your sticks myself!

Nan

 

[watercolor]

RR, those are great-looking walker's! You did a wonderful job preserving the natural shape & character of the wood.

Out of curiosity, what percentage of the wood pieces you find become walker's?

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

I love them all RR but that two legged one looks like it would be great for older folks that need the stability. Great finds, and great refinishing.

 

[HillbillyTH]

Good looking hiking sticks . I like woodworking to.

Well HB you are really talented also The musical instrument looks familiar. What is it called ? I saw a group playing something very similar to the design you have here. I am convinced that treasure hunters are not only unique and adventurous in nature but they all seem to have TALENT

The instruments are called "Dulcimer" they are an old instrument from the mountains. They are easy to build and play. The word "dulcimer"
first showed up in the "KJV" book of Daniel Ch. 3.
Thank Dan
P.S. [I can make them look alot better than I can make them sound.]

 

[relikhunter]

Man there's alot of talent on this website.rh