Hand Crafted Skull Beads in Wood, Acrylic, Brass and Other Custom Work

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hey willy you got any skulls made brother?

Looking mainly for a wooden one. I love skulls and freakin love the look of these ones. I might try to mess around with some engraving. looks like its fun, although though I have no artistic skill whatsoever.

Lemme know man, thanks alot!
 
nuckingfuts said:
hey willy you got any skulls made brother?

Looking mainly for a wooden one. I love skulls and freakin love the look of these ones. I might try to mess around with some engraving. looks like its fun, although though I have no artistic skill whatsoever.

Lemme know man, thanks alot!
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I have an American Koa, Cocobolo Stretch, and Marble wood available at the moment. Let me know if you like any of those. I really like the wood versions too. I also have a Bocote Meathead available too.

Cocobolo Stretch
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Marble
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American Koa
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Each is $30. You can PayPal me at willydiggerATcomcastDOTnet. Make sure you tell me which one. If I get payment soon, I should be able to ship tomorrow.

Thanks for the interest!
 
mykel m said:
+1 on the sticker!
Looking forward to the Osage Meathead & I hope you can do something with the Micarta.
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The Osaga arrived today! That is a really cool wood. It is more yellow than I expected. Here is the completed Villain! :D
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The Osaga arrived today! That is a really cool wood. It is more yellow than I expected. Here is the completed Villain! :D
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Diggin' it willy!
I was messing around with some today & made a couple of beads & was surprised to see what looked like some chatoyance in it after polishing with some 000 scotch-brite.
 
mykel m said:
Diggin' it willy!
I was messing around with some today & made a couple of beads & was surprised to see what looked like some chatoyance in it after polishing with some 000 scotch-brite.
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Thanks for that word. I've been trying to describe koa for the longest time using iridescence.

You are right. When I first received the wood I check it out. With Koa there are parts of the wood that has more than others. With the carvings I've done with the Osage, I tried to put the most chatoyance side on the face. There is no way I could capture it on camera, but I'm glad you saw it.

Here is the Meathead! I practiced doing a Villain last night so I knew what I was dealing with before trying the Meathead. IMO it turned out great!
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willydigger said:
Thanks for that word. I've been trying to describe koa for the longest time using iridescence.

You are right. When I first received the wood I check it out. With Koa there are parts of the wood that has more than others. With the carvings I've done with the Osage, I tried to put the most chatoyance side on the face. There is no way I could capture it on camera, but I'm glad you saw it.

Here is the Meathead! I practiced doing a Villain last night so I knew what I was dealing with before trying the Meathead. IMO it turned out great!
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The Meathead looks great willy,thanks for getting it done so quick.
 
That's some nice looking Osage there. The cool thing about Osage is that it darkens a lot as it ages. It'll be a really golden color when you first finish it but will darken to a very dark brown over a long period of time and with exposure to the sun. I used to make longbows out of the stuff, smells great when you cut it doesn't it :D
 
OzarkMatt said:
That's some nice looking Osage there. The cool thing about Osage is that it darkens a lot as it ages. It'll be a really golden color when you first finish it but will darken to a very dark brown over a long period of time and with exposure to the sun. I used to make longbows out of the stuff, smells great when you cut it doesn't it :D
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Dealing with such a small piece it needs to smell really good or really bad. I don't think I noticed with the Osage. Cocobolo smells wonderful and acrylic smells terrible! :D

I look forward to seeing it aged after a while. I like that aspect of certain woods.
 
Here is a mini Villain made from micarta. Surprisingly difficult to carve. The more you polish the darker it gets. Polished the middle face for contrast. Shown with Everdeen Green and a penny for size comparison.
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Here are a couple requested pieces. First up is Confetti and Zebra. The Zebra is kind of hypnotizing!
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Here is a beautiful (color and grain) cocobolo stretch. This was requested without the top hole.
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It's not a great pic but here's the skull on the necklace, it worked great but then it was too big to hide under my shirt and I couldn't wear it to work. Since I never take the necklace off, except for that time, I can't keep it on there so now it hangs around the mirror in my truck:

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OzarkMatt said:
That's some nice looking Osage there. The cool thing about Osage is that it darkens a lot as it ages. It'll be a really golden color when you first finish it but will darken to a very dark brown over a long period of time and with exposure to the sun. I used to make longbows out of the stuff, smells great when you cut it doesn't it :D
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Yeah,I love how it ages,but didn't notice a smell with the little bit of work I did with it making a couple of beads.
 
Diggin' the Micarta!

But it shouldn't darken with hand sanding,did you use a wheel to polish it?
 
Nonprophet said:
It's not a great pic but here's the skull on the necklace, it worked great but then it was too big to hide under my shirt and I couldn't wear it to work. Since I never take the necklace off, except for that time, I can't keep it on there so now it hangs around the mirror in my truck:
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Sorry to hear the necklace idea didn't work out. Around the mirror is a great alternative though.
 
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