inspire me with this

A stave bucket handle?

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.

You could always find a really strong and clear epoxy to put it in and make a really cool cane!

-- He said wood...http://hickbyassociation.blogspot.com/

Danny is right. You can even dye the epoxy with mixol. For instance, delegate a section for the handle by color. Careful don’t know if the dye will bleed with the rope.

-- Rodd, Texas grandpa

this is not rope its a vine.

-- PAPLOU

it is fascinating, and I would go with the Epoxy/Cane idea, too. :D

-- Turning perfectly good wood into sawdust and kindling since 1990.

An old twist to woodworking.

-- https://www.artisticwoodstudio.com/videos

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I know this was posted a while ago, but I am new to the forum. How about a nice sign with the family name or Welcome on it with a lighthouse, sailboat or maybe crab or lobster motif either scroll sawn in, overlaid or segmented on it. You could use a thicker piece of wood and then rout the edge with curved bit so that the rope kind of sits in a channel running around the edge and can frame the sign. I think it would look cool! That or a ships steering wheel with the rope accenting it. :)

Sheila

-- Designer/Artist/Teacher. Owner of Sheila Landry Designs (http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com) Scroll saw, wood working and painting patterns and surfaces. "Knowledge is Power"