Alabama Stick " Roll Tide!"

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It is a good price depending on how the leather was tanned, There are two basic ways tanning is done vegetable tanned \ chromium tanned. Chromium leather will cause corrosion over time, If your tools are stored in the tool rap. If just carried from time to time it is probly not a issue. Chromium tanning...

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Great video on a fun looking project. Thank you for sharing.

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Typical August day, wet humid and hot. Looks like the tropics are warming up a bit. It is mid to late Aug thru first part of Nov we are most on watch for the bigger storm. The last big hit on the gulf was Katrina in Aug of 05. My wife’s office is in downtown Mobile and they had 7ft of water from...

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I have been looking for a special staff for this project. This is a commission order. The elephant is the symbol for the University of Alabama. There will be a crimson collar at the top and bottom of the grip area. The grip will have a hounds tooth pattern to represent the hat warn be the famous Alabama...

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Thanks for sharing. Great to hear the story of its past....

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Over my carving area I have had florescent lights. You do not get the shadows effect with florescent you get with regular incandescent lighting. Which I like when carving. We had and old track light with 3 canisters we had replaced in the house awhile ago. I exchanged it with the florescent lights and...

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Hello and welcome to the forum Doug....

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First I would say walnut is not a wood to start with save it for later projects. Bass wood is much easyer to learn on. Here is a site with a lot of Gene Messer how to video. I hope the will be helpful.

http://blog.mischel.com/gene-messers-carving-videos/...

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Mobile is just as hot most of the time Eddy. I have a little window unit in the shop so I stay comfortable while out here....

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Hope everyone has a great day! After almost a full day of cleaning out and a pile of trash at the street for pick up I have a clean mess to deal with. Still old finishes, paint ,those cans and small boxes full of " I may need of those one day" pieses of hardware, single hendges, nuts &...

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Hi Bill,
his stick is hawthorn and I finished it with 3 coats of satin Helmsman Spar varnish. First 2 coats 50% mix with thinner. Last coat full varnish. The thinner mix soaks deeper in to the wood....

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Thanks everyone for the kind words....

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Hot and humid today, a normal day for this time of year. Started doing a “when in doubt out" process in the shop. It is just time to do a thorough clean out. I have been putting this off to long. I have been rearranging and calling it a cleanout for too long. Just too much stuff I have not used...

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Another wonderful carving Cottenwood. My wif is not as sweet when she wants something I made she just says thats my carving.
And I say yes Mam. When the wife is happy life is good.

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Well done Joe! Simper Fi.

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Well done. Nice presentations also.

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No reflective strans in this cord. Just light and dark shades of 4 or 5 colors....

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Nicely done, paint and carving.

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Thanks Joe and Merle. I was pleased with it.

Here is the you tube iI used to do the rap. Had a couple of falt starts on the turks heads but it is easy to fallow. I did not have the para cord needle. I melted a point at the end of the para cord and used a small needle nose pliers
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Finally got it done.Butternut topper, Butternut topper, hawthorn shank., grip is small diameter camouflage Para cord....