Wild Grapevine closed reed (pics added)

Bills Custom Calls · November 29, 2009, 08:38:49 PM

In Progress
This stuff is a pain in the backside to work with.This is where I stopped turning and started sanding

Not much color to it other then where I fixed a couple spots by glueing some sawdust in
I will post finished pics when I get it done

FinsnFur · November 29, 2009, 11:36:48 PM

Not a callmaker but that looks like some stringy stuff.
Was this vine dead Bill?

Bills Custom Calls · November 30, 2009, 03:28:29 AM

If it wasn't dead it sure is now

I don't have a moisture meter,but the way it drilled and the dust that come off it while sanding it sure seems dry.

It acts more like a spalted wood chunks breaking off I had some spots to fill with saw dust and super glue

msmith · November 30, 2009, 07:34:30 AM

That's cool Bill. I look forward to the end result.

I didn't know you could do anything with grapevine except almost kill yourself as a kid by swinging on them.

slagmaker · November 30, 2009, 09:16:41 AM

I have a poison ivy vine you can try if that one turns out.

Saw a spoon made from poision ivy once, really nice look to it.

weedwalker · November 30, 2009, 10:01:34 AM

Quote from: slagmaker on November 30, 2009, 09:16:41 AM
I have a poison ivy vine you can try if that one turns out.

Saw a spoon made from poision ivy once, really nice look to it.

I'd be interested in a complete set of those for my ex-wife.

FinsnFur · November 30, 2009, 10:27:39 AM

ROFLMAO! :roflmao:

Bills Custom Calls · November 30, 2009, 10:35:17 AM

Wow you guys are sumpin else :roflmao:

slagmaker · November 30, 2009, 11:01:18 AM

Poision Ivy
Poision Oak
Poision Sumac

the list just has so many possibilities

msmith · November 30, 2009, 01:19:15 PM

Now ya guys got me thinkin'. I can make my ex a poison ivy spoon with a deep arsenic stain to highlight the grain.

timbertoes · December 01, 2009, 05:24:17 PM

Add a little lead paint embellishments while you are at it!

timbertoes · December 01, 2009, 05:25:32 PM

P.S. your tool rest needs some loving. looking rough there

Hawks Feather · December 01, 2009, 06:34:50 PM

Quote from: timbertoes on December 01, 2009, 05:25:32 PM
P.S. your tool rest needs some loving. looking rough there

When Bill thinks of his MIL, he chews on that rest rather than doing what he would like.

Jerry

HaMeR · December 01, 2009, 06:43:36 PM

How's it looking now Bill.

Bills Custom Calls · December 01, 2009, 06:57:39 PM

Finished Here is a couple pics

slagmaker · December 01, 2009, 07:05:05 PM

nice!

Coulter · December 01, 2009, 07:35:03 PM

That turned out pretty good Bill. Its funny that you made that out wild grapevine. I was just sitting in some over the weekend while I was deer hunting and I couldn't help but wonder how it would turn. I have to ask though - did that brown up naturally or is that from some kind of stain / finish?

Bills Custom Calls · December 01, 2009, 07:49:30 PM

I finished it with a friction polish and that is the way it ended up
The warmer I got the polish the darker it got,I just stopped there

slagmaker · December 01, 2009, 08:04:16 PM

How does it sound?

Bills Custom Calls · December 01, 2009, 08:31:06 PM

I haven't put a reed in it yet so right now it sounds like the wind