Och, I've pictured mine on here a few times but heck, you did ask....
Hand-carved from wooden wood off trees. Just a saw, axe and knife to shape the handle - no sandpaper at all. I did use a drill press and Forstner bit for the knot hole. The wood started off in the log which I either get from foraging, pruning trees where people have asked me to do so or the local council workers when I've heard them at it with their chainsaws.
Made a while ago as my hands aren't what they were.
The above is Beech believe it or not. Dark heartwood from a very old storm felled tree with evidence of the wood starting to change chemically without loss of solidity, hence the colour changes and marbling.
Ash wood barbershop style. I call this 'Olympic' Ash as it was from boughs of a large Ash that was heavily pruned by the council to make sure the Olympic torch parade in 2012 could get down the road safely enough. Okay so the link is tenuous but a local farmer in nearby Roslin started selling 'Da Vinci manure' when all the fuss was going on after the Chapel was featured in the that film with wosisname.
The same dark Beech in a brush made for my soon to be ex-wife. It's a bit of shedder but hey, karma's a bitch. Simpsons Colonel for scale.
Two from the same 'Olympic Ash' made for Carl aka Bechet45. Carl knotted these himself and took the picture.
They're all rather rustic as there are no power tools save the drill for the knot hole. I would have used an auger or a bit and brace if I had the correct sizes in my toolbox. It's just hand and eye and shavings everywhere!
Anyhoo, apologies for showing them again.....:icon_rolleyes::blush::angel:
