First Noggin

[WoodsRoamer]

Well here it is made it from a sugar maple burl

 

[Flint311]

Very nice pattern to the wood! Also, looks like you cut you hand while carving :shocked2:

 

[coloradoclyde]

Nice :thumbsup: Are you going to put a lanyard on it?

 

[WoodsRoamer]

Yeah I got a hook knife for Christmas and this was my first project with it and I sorta gouged a piece of my hand with it :redface: . I've been debating to put a lanyard on it or not. If I do I might also make the bowl bigger since it only holds a little over 1/3 cup of liquid.

 

[hawkthrower]

Heck Roamer, A little DNA signature is required on just about all my projects :wink: .
Nice job on the noggin.
Ron

 

[Grumpa]

That's a job well done. :hatsoff:

 

[WoodsRoamer]

Yeah same here that was actually the second time I cut myself on this project the first time was on the knuckle of my right index finger.

 

[MSW]

that's pretty cool looking work. suffice it to say that it's a boatload easier to get bloodstains into a bit of wood than it is to get them out (which never really works, anyway -- don't ask me how I know...)
:redface: :redface: :redface:

 

[WoodsRoamer]

I usually don't have problems getting blood on projects because I don't bleed for a couple seconds after cutting myself. I was told it was because of high clotting factors or something like that.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Yeah I got a hook knife for Christmas and this was my first project with it and I sorta gouged a piece of my hand with it :redface: . I've been debating to put a lanyard on it or not. If I do I might also make the bowl bigger since it only holds a little over 1/3 cup of liquid.

I once tried making a noggin from a burl using a high speed hand grinder with a rotary file. Whole thing suddenly went WHOOPS and I nearly lost the end of my pinkie finger. As mangled as it was I am amazed it healed back to normal. Tether is handy for walking around camp. Never know when someone will offer a beverage. BTW, I have never found a finish that is satisfactory. Bare wood is best, really only way to go.

 

[WoodsRoamer]

I usually only rub my wood projects down in vegetable oil a couple of times. Find it protects and brings the grain out with out making it shiny.