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To wrap this up, I sent the remade handle to a gent in Oregon. He purchased knots and was looking for handles to fill. He received the handle the other day and sent a pic with the knot in. He is a...

Hmm, makes me wonder if I have any poly at home or not.... thank you for the tip.

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So this is round 2. Sanded and linseed applied. Next more linseed and wax. Drill, part and finish with no problems hopefully.

Thank you, I'm thinking I'll have to just start over. Shouldn't take long thankfully. :)

Yea that's it Dave. I don't know yet if I can salvage it. I had to walk away for a day or two. It happens but still sickening.

Sadly gentleman it got thrashed in the finishing stages. :/ so I'm going to try and fix it or turn another. Thanks for the kind words, very much appreciated.

So, I couldnt take pictures because I about lost my mind, but I was about to finish one of these walnut handles to send to a guy for an opinion and my gouge caught and tore out a chunk. I actually...

A couple more fun ones, this is just relaxing. Not much to think about just chill and spin. The first picture is my favorite so far. Second pic is a bit longer handled brush, inspired by Sharpton....

Thank you. I tell ya it is so fun! Can't wait to get my lathe off the floor and get a permanent set up. Thanks for the kind words and suggestions gents I appreciate all feed back.

My old shop teacher and friend told me to CA them. I'm afraid of the CA cracking or crazing over time. Eventually I'd like to sell some here and there and would hate a return. Thanks :)

It will be awhile, save for knots and I don't have a Chuck right now. So no way to secure to anything for drilling the knot hole far as I know.
The grain is super cool on the first one. It changes...

I can't even tell ya what these for Tom. No clue about that stuff yet. Just made em:) I'll have to get a variety of knots and see what happens.

Thanks Tom, I'm pretty pleased. And one more for the nights practice. Pretty crappy pics as always....

Well to be honest I don't know if it is or isn't. Great question. And great point about gun stocks. Only reason I am using walnut is it was free and in slabs. Thanks Sir for the feed back.

So I acquired some walnut scrap slabs from a friend. Decided tonight I'd play around and see what comes. I have this only as practice I have not ordered any knots. Walnut, sanded to 400 then boiled...