Twisted Hazel Stick

deeksofdoom

Well what better to be doing with my spare time over the last few weeks than work on my latest stick. I used a fallow antler which was shed. A young lad who beats on our shoot found it on his fathers land and has been pestering me to make a stick for him so I finally got the time to do it. I had came across a piece of twisted hazel a couple of years ago and it was after drying out nicely I steamed it a little to straighten it up a bit and sure enough it was good enough to make a stick. I used a he coronet of the antler which I cut at an angle to match the twist of the stick. For the marriage I used a cow bone spacer and a buffalo horn spacer. I drilled out the handle and made a dowel using the top of the shank of the hazel stick. I then glued it all together using araldite. I drilled a hole through the handle with a 6mm drill bit and inserted a casing from a .22 magnum, this also added a bit of strength to the join. For a bit of decoration I added an old Irish penny piece, to fit that I had to get a dremel and make a hole in the shape of the coin and insert it into the antler handle, the coin had been bent to go on a stick. the coronet of the handle was rough and I smoothed it with the dremel and then sanded it and polished it with a plastic scouring pad. I think it turned out quite well and I like the way the marriage worked out for me some nice smooth lines, here are the pics enjoy!

Tackleberrywho

deeksofdoom wrote: »

Well what better to be doing with my spare time over the last few weeks than work on my latest stick. I used a fallow antler which was shed. A young lad who beats on our shoot found it on his fathers land and has been pestering me to make a stick for him so I finally got the time to do it. I had came across a piece of twisted hazel a couple of years ago and it was after drying out nicely I steamed it a little to straighten it up a bit and sure enough it was good enough to make a stick. I used a he coronet of the antler which I cut at an angle to match the twist of the stick. For the marriage I used a cow bone spacer and a buffalo horn spacer. I drilled out the handle and made a dowel using the top of the shank of the hazel stick. I then glued it all together using araldite. I drilled a hole through the handle with a 6mm drill bit and inserted a casing from a .22 magnum, this also added a bit of strength to the join. For a bit of decoration I added an old Irish penny piece, to fit that I had to get a dremel and make a hole in the shape of the coin and insert it into the antler handle, the coin had been bent to go on a stick. the coronet of the handle was rough and I smoothed it with the dremel and then sanded it and polished it with a plastic scouring pad. I think it turned out quite well and I like the way the marriage worked out for me some nice smooth lines, here are the pics enjoy!

Very Nice.
I'd get one for my Old man except he'd break it belting cattle into the cattle crush!

Nice workmanship Sir !

jwshooter

nice floor .



good work ,great attention to detail

Cass

Very nice.


Careful with those pennies though. Using the wrong one could cost you. Check here to see what i mean.

kay 9

A1, tasty bit a work man:cool:

Dusty87

Nice deeks. Iv hazel sticks here but cant get an antler. May search the forest when they shed:p

dwighet

Thats nice mate;)
Very nice...indeed