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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.
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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
"I've taken my beard trimmer out to the workshop to shave the hair off of a sealskin thong"
ReplyDeleteNice! -- quite possible the first time those words have ever been uttered by any human!