Show us some photos of craft stuff you have made

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Okay Guys I thought this could be a fun littel thread.So just post some photos of your craft projects,the stuff that you made your self.

You know the kind of stuff I mean leather pouches or sheaths or wooden spoons or cups,as long as you made it you self guys:thumbup:
 
Okay to get things started here is a few of my littel projets...

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NIce work Al, my stuff is functional but not pretty...at all. You take your stuff to a much higher level.
 
Here's a funny one:

I made this quiver with scrap leather pieces at the age of 16-17 (I'm 36 now). I still use it today when I practice shooting :D

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At about the same time, I made this leather "glove" to shoot my bow...Still use it as well :o

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My first home made knife
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A more recent homebuilt knife, I’ll let the guys with the tools and know how forge my blades for me now.
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I like to make sheaths, this is the first one I made for my BRKT Aurora,
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This is the most recent one I made for the Aurora, it actually fits a few of my knives.
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I modified my SAK,
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A binocular bag I made out of rope,
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The first bag I made, and one of my favorites,
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A more recent bag, man talk about compulsions,
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Make me stop, a few holsters,
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OK, enough with the leather stuff. I made this bass, it was my first instrument project,
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The problem is it’s electric so it’s useless in the field so I made these two ukuleles
This one first,
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Then this one,
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I really should stay away from these kinds of threads. There is more but I’m going to stop now.
 
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Ukuleles are sooo cool!!! Man, you did a good job. I don't even know how to play I want one.

That bag made by: youcancallmeal is pretty cool too.
 
Well thanks ya'all.
No, I have to stop, my compulsions are too easily confused with any real talent. I’ve always heard that our gifts are given to us by God and what we do with them is our gift back.

I don’t feel that I’ve earned these skills, they were bestowed upon me, I’ve enjoyed their creation, I hope to teach these things I’ve learned in my life, to encourage others to explore the buried talents they’ve carried around their whole life never taking the time to explore them and even more sadly don’t even know they posses.

My mind is kind of stuck in the past, not all that long ago we all counted on each other for the varied skills that created thriving communities. Now it’s common that we come home from a weeks work with a paycheck that vanishes in days and little if any feeling of true accomplishment.

I think all the stuff I’ve learned how to do has some grater purpose than just cluttering my walls and drawers with hand crafted trinkets, I’d rather think of them as examples of a process and follow through, of focus, imagination and durable results.

There is no doubt that I am a little off my rocker but my wife and mother still love me :)

Man that quiver is amazing, dude you gotta keep working at that skill.
 
hushnel, love the ukuleles.. I wouldn't mind if you posted more your work. If nothing else, it inspires folks like me to continue to try my hand at new things whether it be knife making, woodworking, etc..
 
I have a photo hosting site that has photos of much of the stuff I can do but not every thing. I’ve given away and done custom work for friends and most of that stuff didn’t get photographed. I’ll link a slide show of a couple of these albums so as not to take up too much band width on the forum.
Stuff I make, some of the stuff above came from this album,


This is crazy stuff, I decided to knit a sweater so I made up some knitting needles, then went into the local yarn shop for some wool, as my compulsion dictates I followed this path to the extreme, learning how to weave and spin. Almost all of the stuff I made, one or two things I didn’t. The ladies at the yarn shop went nuts over my home made knitting needles and I had to make dozens of sets, shipped them as far away as Australia, Norway and British Columbia. Mom gets a kick telling her friends that her son, the Biker, knit her sweater and shawl. I spun much of the wool I used for these projects.


I was playing around with a new camera and took these pictures of my friends at a party we had in Jan. After linking the fiber stuff above I need to restore my man card :)



One of the projects I did turned out to be a lot of fun. I built this cigar box bass, it’s a short scale like the Ashbory but much sicker. I built it so I could take a bass on the Harley with me to jams and stuff, I’ve played since I was 7, I’m 56 and still at it.

A buddy and his wife were leaving town so we decided to head up to Tobacco Road to see a couple of friends play, one last time. Graham Drout of Iko Iko and Albert Castiglia, a side man for the late Jr. Wells, do an acoustic set on Tuesday nights when Albert’s not on the road. Well I walked in with the sick trailer trash Cigarbox Bass to show Graham and he cracked up, told me I’m about the craziest musician he knows and that he had a bass amp in his car and went to get it. I sat in for two and a half hours with these two, Albert’s been nominated this year for Blues Song of the Year. It was a blast playing at this level again. Any how here are a few pictures of that night.

The trailer trash Cigarbox Bass, with sound file :)
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Me, Albert and Graham,
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hushnel said:
My mind is kind of stuck in the past, not all that long ago we all counted on each other for the varied skills that created thriving communities. Now it’s common that we come home from a weeks work with a paycheck that vanishes in days and little if any feeling of true accomplishment.
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I kind of feel the some way mate.;)I can get a wooden spoon form the store for a less that a dollar but I find carveing one from green wood from the backyard a lot more Satisfactory .:D
 
hushnel said:
Well thanks ya'all.
No, I have to stop, my compulsions are too easily confused with any real talent. I’ve always heard that our gifts are given to us by God and what we do with them is our gift back.

I don’t feel that I’ve earned these skills, they were bestowed upon me, I’ve enjoyed their creation, I hope to teach these things I’ve learned in my life, to encourage others to explore the buried talents they’ve carried around their whole life never taking the time to explore them and even more sadly don’t even know they posses.

My mind is kind of stuck in the past, not all that long ago we all counted on each other for the varied skills that created thriving communities. Now it’s common that we come home from a weeks work with a paycheck that vanishes in days and little if any feeling of true accomplishment.

I think all the stuff I’ve learned how to do has some grater purpose than just cluttering my walls and drawers with hand crafted trinkets, I’d rather think of them as examples of a process and follow through, of focus, imagination and durable results.

There is no doubt that I am a little off my rocker but my wife and mother still love me :)

Man that quiver is amazing, dude you gotta keep working at that skill.
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WOW! How nice it is to enjoy your craft (your gift) with humility. For you and for us! Thanks! William
 
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