11
I have not been too busy on here in the last weeks, but I did not stop making slingshots, so here are some pics I'd like to share. I've been carving some naturals recently, all of which I soaked in linseed oil, sanded to 1500 grit and finished with beeswax.
The first one is a natural with a wide fork, some kind of maple, if I'm not mistaken. I tried for a style similar to Joerg Sprave's Hammerhead-design. But I'll probably have to do something about the handle, it's a little too small for the bands I put on.
Next there's a fork I found in the park, not sure what it is. It cracked badly during drying, and I had to cut away a lot and make the handle short, so it's held almost like a v-shot. But the wood is just beautiful, where i cut away the cracked parts it had a dark color underneath.
The next one is also similar to a v-shot. Dogwood of some sort, carved to fit my hand. I'll admit though, I have not tried it yet, not even put bands on, it's way too cold outside anyway.
El Topo sent me two forks a while back, one was olive wood (awesome wood, really!), and the other one was a small birch fork. Since I had never tried leaving the bark on, but I had seen marcus sr. make some cool cattys this way, I gave it a try.
And last are the two most recent slingshots. Nothing special in themselves, just two beechwood plinkers that look very much alike (for those who speak german: Es sind ZWILL-Linge!!! rofl... ok, for those who don't speak german: I can't translate this joke, but let me assure you it would not be worth the effort).
The only new thing is that these are finished with propolis, so that's one thing they have in common with a Stradivari XD
I've been meaning to try this finish for some time now, it seems to work ok and those slingshots smell really good now...
Sooo, that was it, thanks for viewing!
