Agor told to post the journeyman's notes. Agor good. Agor post.
"On Saturday I finished this wand of stock bocote wood, adding a circle of hematite to the base:
The bocote started as a 12-inch, 1x1 blank I picked up at the local Woodcraft shop. I love the shop, I try not go there because I only have so much room in my house for wood I'm not actively working on, but the selection of exotic woods is too compelling to pass up. I chose the bocote for the grain.
Here's a photo of the wand emerging from the squared blank, sitting atop its intended design:
The wood is heavy and cool, and its dust is silky like ebony wood, but with this particular piece, as I worked my in toward the center for the point, the heartwood began to fall apart and I lost about an inch and a half, so the final wand is 9.5 inches.
The best part about the bocote wand is that it stands on its end:
Until I make a second wand from this type of wood, this one shall be called The Bocote."
"On Saturday I finished this wand of stock bocote wood, adding a circle of hematite to the base:
The bocote started as a 12-inch, 1x1 blank I picked up at the local Woodcraft shop. I love the shop, I try not go there because I only have so much room in my house for wood I'm not actively working on, but the selection of exotic woods is too compelling to pass up. I chose the bocote for the grain.
Here's a photo of the wand emerging from the squared blank, sitting atop its intended design:
The wood is heavy and cool, and its dust is silky like ebony wood, but with this particular piece, as I worked my in toward the center for the point, the heartwood began to fall apart and I lost about an inch and a half, so the final wand is 9.5 inches.
The best part about the bocote wand is that it stands on its end:
Until I make a second wand from this type of wood, this one shall be called The Bocote."
Thanks, Agor.
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