Hobby Knife, Redux

So, here’s a little project I’ve been planning to do for a few weeks now. I was at woodturningonline.com, they have a lot of great looking project “how too” articles for the lathe there, and I came across this: http://www.woodturningonline.com/Turning/Projects/knives.html and I thought, “Hey, I’ve got a few hobby knives kicking around, I should give that a try.” And this is what I got done yesterday. It’s made from a piece of birch that my dad sent me. I ran into some grain issues, but then you always do when there are knots and cracks involved. I used CA glue to reinforce the cracks but I didn’t have the gel type to fill the cracks, so there are some small holes near the tip, but I don’t mind. It sanded up real nice and took the finish great. Like the calligraphy pen I did, this was another test in finial turning. I put some facets on the back end to help keep it from rolling off a table, but when I do this project again, I’ll try to leave the bead a bit higher so the facets actually sit better when placed on a table.

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