Snake walking stick

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Do you have a plan for paining it yet?

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Here's my effort at a woodpecker door knocker.I placed the head of a nail at the end of the beak and one on the log.

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Finally got it to work.

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Thanks for all the kind comments everyone.
I was trying to upload pictures of snake flutes but they wouldn't upload....

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The staff is 6', and the 4x4 was some cheap Douglas fir I stained with walnut Danish oil.
This was a tentative effort I had little investment in. I felt there would be a point somewhere in the project where I'd abandon it and start a different one.
I've made several snake flutes and was...

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I drew, and kept re-drawing the lines along the length of the project to establish the stick.
I used a Merlin 2 chainsaw to hog out most of the wood, Foredom and Dremel tools for the rest...because I'm lazy.
The most difficult part of the job was burning scales and painting them.

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I took a stab at making a snake walking stick like one of Mike Stinnett's.
I bought a 4x4 post and set to work on it (he uses found branches and logs).
I decided to make two snakes, a California King snake swallowing a rattlesnake.
It took two weeks and here's the result.

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Re: Duck head cane

If you can refrain from gluing it, you can carve and change heads as the mood calls it.

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Re: Steelhead

This is the gold standard in carving, from concept, to carving to painting. Outstanding Randy!

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Re: Steelhead

All the work I\'ve seen of Randy\'s seems to be the work of divine inspiration.
There;s seems to be a progression of carver; craftsman; artist;...and then \"something else\"
This steelhead is \'something else\' Randy!!

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Re: Northern Shrike...maybe?

If I ever carve a shrike; I\'m going to name it Vlad...as in \"Vlad the Impaler\".

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Re: Oak eagle

I can\'t see an image.

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Re: My first fish carving, a red voltaire lionfish

Can\'t see a photo of this fish!?

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Re: frog design

Well then...PM me and I'll attach the patterns then.
Heck, that was simple, thanks Eddy.