More Nostepindes

I made these over the weekend along with the buttons, and few ink pens. The nostepindes in the top photo are as follows: The one in the foreground is a combination of East Indian Rosewood, Kingwood, and olive. Going left to right is osage orange, East Indian Rosewood, osage orange, and mopani.

The bottom photo starting at the top and going down is tulip wood, kingwood,cocobolo,kingwood and another tulip wood.

You may notice that the ends for winding are narrow than most nostepindes that you may see. Most of the spinners in my area prefer this type to the thicker nostepindes. I'm not sure why, perhaps it's a personal thing.

More wood work

Here's 8 buttons I made for a nice lady in Woodstock GA. They are made from tulip wood which comes from Brazil and other South American countries. Some of its uses include inlay, fine cabinetwork, jewelry boxes. These button are approximately 1&1/4 inches in diameter and just 1/8 inch thick. She plans to use them on a sweater and shawl she's knitting.

The Blog

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More scroll work. I like eagles and dragons as you can see.
I still use exoctic woods for the scroll stuff as well as domestic. I don't stain anything nor do I paint wood. All I do is soak it in some Danish oil. If I do paint, then its the backer which is made from plywood.

As you can see, I spend alot of time scrolling.
The owl is 3/4 pine and took me nearly 8 hours from start to finish.
the hawk is 3/4 oak and took just as long as the owl
the motorcycle is 3/4 oak as well. I was at a craft show when some bikers came along wanting something like a harley. so I found this pattern and made one. Where are the bikers now?

here are a few nostepindes I've made. I like to use the exotic woods. Shown here are tulipwood, cocobolo, black palm,canary wood, and east indian rosewood

Pens and key rings I've made, mostly for Christmas gifts. Again they were made from exotic woods.

The photos are a bit fuzzy if you click on them for a better view. Hopefully as time goes by, I'll get better. I welcome comments and suggestions.