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Thought you might like this. It's always difficult to fashion a thumb stick with differing tine thicknesses. I trimmed and shortened the tickets tine and added black buffalo horn to give it some symme

Tried my theary out and it works a treat. Grip coin and bar in vice, a bit of old wellie boot between vice jaw and coin protects the coin nicely. Tap the coin around the bar then reverse and finish of

Right. First thanks for digging them out. Second. I'm, at this stage, going to stay with the thumbstick idea. Tell you why. It's the diameter where the horn marries the stick that I need. I'll leave t

Right. First thanks for digging them out. Second. I'm, at this stage, going to stay with the thumbstick idea. Tell you why. It's the diameter where the horn marries the stick that I need. I'll leave the opinells to Griff. He does a fantastic job on them mothers. That last, the Lurcher, is easily as good as his last 2. Because I know he reads all these posts I'm going to suggest a barn owl head as a future project. The colours should work lovely. Anyhow pal I'll crack on and won't forget your help. Will stay in touch Och Aye. Jok.

Cheers Jok......may try an owl one day.....had a bit of interest in a fox head so may give that a go next.

Griff

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Morning Stockpot. You see what I mean about just too big. Love the idea of a wading stick though. Wonder how much trouble it would be to bend one these and wrap it into a stick shank? Maybe the Maestro can let me know lol. Jok.

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Fck off you heathen.lol. Can't think of anything but gentle heat to form it round a shaft but every shaft is going to be slightly different. The idea is to inlay rather than lay on if you see what I mean. I've some nice hazel all about 12 to 18 mm diameter and reasonably straight. Where I would normally have resin in the Jay feathers I will lay the curved coin. Do you think I ll get in trouble with the mods for defacing the Crown. Hahaha. Bet you when Scotland beat the bugger said in the Calcutta Cup they'll give me a mention. Lol. Jok.

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Would try gripping shaft & coin in the vice, coin sticking half way up, tap it round the shaft then turn over and do the other half. Put a bit of rag between the vice and coin and polish up the face of the hammer and it shouldn't mark the coin too much.....not tried it but that is what i would do.

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Well son It's going to be tried real soon. I've just been on EBay and there are one or two nice coins on there including a Roaring Red Deer, a Leaping Salmon and A Nice Big weaning Pig. Going to have all of them and have a go. In the meantime have a go pal with something similar and let me know the results. Thanks. Jok.

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Stockpot. I reckon you are on with that piece of antler. Take your time cutting out the recess. I'm still going to do a bendy one. Most of the gillies I've known have a similar set up on their wading sticks. The lead in the bottom ferrule could be well handy if you let it go. I should imagine that most, nowadays, would be connected by caribieners. Out of interest, what's the workable diameter where the antler meets the stick? Jok.

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