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Here is a cane I just completed.I seem to be inspired by a lot of different songs lately. I have been wanting to carve a cane with a girls face and her hair as part of the handle for some time. One of the problems I have when carving on the end of a handle like this is that it is usually end grain. I prefer to have my grain running length-wise in the handle for strength and I like to add a spacer with the grain running vertically for the same reason. So I have been thinking about carving the face from a separate piece and inlaying it into the end. This is my first attempt, and I used basswood for the face and walnut for the handle and spacer. I turned the spacer a little thinner and taller than I normally do, trying for a feeling of delicacy. The handle and spacer are attached with epoxy and 1/4” threaded rod to the Bradford pear shaft with the bark on. I wood burned details for the hair using a pyrographic pen and finished with satin poly and a coat of wax. I still haven’t carved a female face quite like I want it…..but practice makes perfect! Thanks for looking
-- Mike P., Arkansas, http://mpounders1.blogspot.com
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TJ65
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#1 posted 1013 days ago
What a unique idea!
How you carve such detail in such a small space I will never know!
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Jordan
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#2 posted 1013 days ago
Very very nice. That’s the most different one I’ve seen putting the light face into the walnut.
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michelletwo
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#3 posted 1013 days ago
WOW it’s a fantastic cane & would make a good weapon..the hair makes a great spike! Seriously great carving on a useful(beautiful) item.
-- We call the destruction of replaceable human made items vandalism, while the destruction of irreplaceable natural resources is called development.
WoodenFrog
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#4 posted 1013 days ago
Mike, Thats a great looking cane! I love it!
I wish I had your talent. Great Job.
Thanks for sharing.
And Bob Seager is awesome too….
-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio.....
helluvawreck
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#5 posted 1013 days ago
Wow! I like that a lot. I looked at your other projects, also. You do very nice work.
-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
a1Jim
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#6 posted 1013 days ago
Unique cane
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mcoyfrog
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#7 posted 1012 days ago
Way cool, even kinda breezy Nice job
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mtnwild
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#8 posted 1012 days ago
Nice one!
I’ve seen ivory used like that on brass sculptures. Looks good in wood. Very cool design. She’s beautiful in her own way…....................
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
Rick George
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#9 posted 1012 days ago
Great idea with the inlay. Opens the door for preparing different themes waiting for a cane.
-- Rick
BillyJ
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#10 posted 1012 days ago
That is awesome! Great carving – wonderful detail.
-- I've never seen a tree that I wouldn't like to repurpose into a project. I love the smell of wood in the morning - it smells like victory.
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#11 posted 994 days ago
this is a wonderful project, well done
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Rob W
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#12 posted 984 days ago
Very Nice
-- Rob — I've cut it off twice and it's still too short!, http://www.witzkewood.com
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