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B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Fri, May 11, 2007 4:20 AM Thanks Aaron, glad to see you here again. Yes this is my First Weapon except the taiaha here and there, glad you like it. I'm Sure there will be a few more in the near future too! Yes there IS a Club Med here and not far from my home,,COME ON DOWN? Paipo, Thanks for the kind words. I received 5 boards, all with split ends and all about 1 inch thick with Beautiful grain. Palo Escrito and Ziricote were the 2 types. I have been searching for Something different to create with this stock that would showcase the beautiful grains in this wood. Finally I decided on this weapon type, a first for me but there will be more with these boards. I didn't really want to get into weapons because there are already a few carvers doing them and you know me, I Love to do Different things, but the wood made the choice easy for me. Thanks for the background lesson. Thanks LLT, Compliments from you are to be cherished. Using tools is a topic that is very dear to me and one that is difficult to explain in mere words. I'm a "Tool" person and love to browse through tool catalogs. It's amazing how much you can learn just from SEEING a tool and reading the descriptions, then letting your mind wander to where you could Really go with this tool or what you could Really DO with this tool...I Ramble too much. Thanks Ken. Thanks Haikai, you touched on another one of my pet peeves, a Clead carving. What that means is taking the extra time to use all the tools at your disposal to Finish the cuts that you make. Simply just refining the work a bit further. We can all do it and Most work deserves it. There Are pieces that are quick, Down and dirty, which you won't want to spend any more time on than necessary. Rambling again..Thanks

Thanks Aaron, glad to see you here again. Yes this is my First Weapon except the taiaha here and there, glad you like it. I'm Sure there will be a few more in the near future too!
Yes there IS a Club Med here and not far from my home,,COME ON DOWN?

Paipo, Thanks for the kind words. I received 5 boards, all with split ends and all about 1 inch thick with Beautiful grain. Palo Escrito and Ziricote were the 2 types. I have been searching for Something different to create with this stock that would showcase the beautiful grains in this wood. Finally I decided on this weapon type, a first for me but there will be more with these boards. I didn't really want to get into weapons because there are already a few carvers doing them and you know me, I Love to do Different things, but the wood made the choice easy for me. Thanks for the background lesson.

Thanks LLT, Compliments from you are to be cherished. Using tools is a topic that is very dear to me and one that is difficult to explain in mere words. I'm a "Tool" person and love to browse through tool catalogs. It's amazing how much you can learn just from SEEING a tool and reading the descriptions, then letting your mind wander to where you could Really go with this tool or what you could Really DO with this tool...I Ramble too much. Thanks Ken.

Thanks Haikai, you touched on another one of my pet peeves, a Clead carving. What that means is taking the extra time to use all the tools at your disposal to Finish the cuts that you make. Simply just refining the work a bit further. We can all do it and Most work deserves it. There Are pieces that are quick, Down and dirty, which you won't want to spend any more time on than necessary.
Rambling again..Thanks

Post #305631 by Benzart on Fri, May 11, 2007 4:20 AM