Feeling whipped

Dog whip, needs to be laced together

I'm having a tough time getting any more pieces moved into the finished pile.  Almost everything is started, but almost everything is also hung up on one or two components.  I need to get something finished tomorrow so that I can feel like I'm making progress.  Right now, there are loose ends of this project spread across every room on every floor in the house.  I was going to say "except the bathroom" - but I've taken my beard trimmer out to the workshop to shave the hair off of a sealskin thong, so even that room is feeling the effects.

I really want to finish the little one

I think I'll make the little harpoon head on the left the priority for tomorrow.  I can finish it up while I'm boiling up the caribou mandibles and hooves (weather pending).  It just needs a bit more carving and then the copper endblade needs to be riveted in place.  The larger head can be completed to the same stage as well, but its part of a complete harpoon which is held up waiting for a socket of caribou antler that is soaking in vinegar so that I can straighten it out a bit.  The harpoon line it will be secured to is also still in desperate need of a shave.

Photo Credits: Tim Rast