| Project by Jim Jakosh | posted 08-17-2010 05:02 AM | 2104 views | 1 time favorited | 8 comments |  |
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This is a walking stick I made from a piece of Diamond Willow from Two Harbors, Minnesota. It took a lot of scraping and sanding to remove the bark and smooth the wood without sanding away the red color in the diamond knot areas. I found the pics with the top end which has a Winchester 30-30 cartridge embedded in it.
There is some corrosion on the shell because this cane gets used outdoors.
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
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sedcokid
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#1 posted 08-17-2010 05:28 AM
Very nice Jim! I know how much work that must have taken to get it finished. Thanks for sharing!!!
-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,
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#2 posted 08-17-2010 05:59 AM
Hi, Jim.
I really like that stick. How true is the color in the foto? I see the red clearly, but is the silver accurate?
Michael
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mafe
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#3 posted 08-17-2010 10:59 AM
Hi Jim,
Thats one fantastic piece od wood.
It’s like it’s shining!
Never seen something like that.
It will be a really unique stick.
(I hope I will have a little time this week on the lathe, so there might be some questions).
Best of thoughts,
Mads
-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.
Jim Jakosh
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#4 posted 08-17-2010 02:41 PM
Hi Michael. I just posted the pics that got lost. They show the true color- it is a light color when you get down to the wood. This was made about 10 years ago and I just posted it in response to a request to Knottysticks from Canada.
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
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#5 posted 08-17-2010 07:09 PM
Cool story and cool cane.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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#6 posted 08-17-2010 09:12 PM
Great cane Jim! That is sure beautiful!
Great story too…..
Thanks for sharing.
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#7 posted 08-17-2010 10:03 PM
nice work
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#8 posted 08-22-2010 06:18 PM
Great job Jim , the diamonds really have a nice deep red colour . I have in the past used 12 gauge shot gun hulls to protect the bottom of my sticks but I never thought of inbedding them in the top , a great idea when making a stick for a hunter or someone in law enforcment . Thanks for sharing – gary
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