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I’ve been making a few canes lately. Main reason is they don’t take much wood and have room for expression and eventually, very functional. I do not use a lathe, I use a belt sander and files and sandpaper. I drill everything for dowels and epoxy. I didn’t plan this to be a cobra but the wood was not as figured as I’d hoped so I decided to shape something for extra effect and a cobra was the first thing I saw. So why not, a good old solid traditional. Hope you enjoy, I had fun, and I’m sure someday I’ll find a good home for it. Oh, the wood is Maple, walnut, purple heart, and I don’t know what that little insert is, some wood laying around the shop. Jack….......Oh again, I’m finishing with boiled linseed oil.
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
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bamasawduster
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posted 221 days ago
Man, that’s some beautiful wood. Nice cane. Like the shaping you did.
-- Gary, Huntsville. May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.
JeffStarr
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posted 221 days ago
Nice work, I am sure it wont be to hard to find a home for it.
-- "When was the last time you did something special for your gun?" www.jeffstarrstudio.com
Spoontaneous
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posted 221 days ago
That really is an interesting shaft you have laid up for the cane and the shape of it accentuates the wood selection. Nice work!
miles125
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posted 221 days ago
Very nice cane!
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
mmh
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posted 221 days ago
Nice selection of woods. Could the dark thin pieces be rosewood? I like the bit of claro black walnut on the shaft. Nice finish too.
-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe
SawDustnSplinters
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posted 221 days ago
That is one sweet looking cane my friend, and I am alot like you but 2,000 miles …apart my friend, “I use a belt sander and files and sandpaper”. Could not do it without them….Be well and God Bless…headin to the Hill country tomorrow and takin my wares…and then Luckenbach after that, Oh and I ain’t forgetting my guitar or my harmonica this time… ;] There are some kick-butt pickers down there….
Thanx
FXC
-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com
KennethBirdine
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posted 189 days ago
Great work, love the colors you chose.
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a1Jim
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posted 189 days ago
Hey Jack
This one is an outstanding among all your previous canes of course they were great also. I really like the wood selection and carve handle.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon