After the drying process was finished, the work on this bo went on.
Firts of all, I've checked if the centerline is still straight:
![](http://www.fletchers-corner.de/download/file.php?id=66735&mode=view)
It was
![Wink ;)](http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Then, drawing on the data like this like this:
Handle: 1 1/5" over the middle, 2 4/5" over the middle, and 1" wide
Fadeout: 1 3/5 " wide
middle of the limbs: 1 1/5" wide
tips: 3/10 " wide
It should looks like this
![Wink ;)](http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
![](http://www.fletchers-corner.de/download/file.php?id=66737&mode=view)
At knots and waves in the wood, alway follow the grain:
![](http://www.fletchers-corner.de/download/file.php?id=66736&mode=view)
Then cutting everything out again. The rough with the drawknife, the subtleties with the spokeshave.
At big waves I take the rasp:
![](http://www.fletchers-corner.de/download/file.php?id=66740&mode=view)
Then smoothing everything with the scraper:
![](http://www.fletchers-corner.de/download/file.php?id=66741&mode=view)
Next step: carving out the handle:
First sawing in:
![](http://www.fletchers-corner.de/download/file.php?id=66742&mode=view)
Then cutting away:
![](http://www.fletchers-corner.de/download/file.php?id=66743&mode=view)
And then rasp down the leftover:
![](http://www.fletchers-corner.de/download/file.php?id=66744&mode=view)
To be continued
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