Finally got around to doing this. It is a piece of Milo wood we got on a family vacation to hawaii last year. We saw the bone hooks everywhere, and the boys liked them, but they were all the same. So we decided to get a peice of wood and figured i would take a stab at carving him a hook from it:
this is the first of 3. We went last summer and the summer before, and got wood on each trip. One year they both got wood for hooks (so i still need to make 2 more hooks) and the older boy we got wood for me to make a chess set from... The chess board/box is easy enough, but i am working on my consistency with making chess pieces. These pieces are just test pieces from mesquite until i get good enough i can make a the actual pieces from the mango/koa wood we bought... Consistency on the pawns is going to be a challenge, and the knights intimidate me... i may have several scrap knights laying around that i didnt like and kept starting over...
this is the first of 3. We went last summer and the summer before, and got wood on each trip. One year they both got wood for hooks (so i still need to make 2 more hooks) and the older boy we got wood for me to make a chess set from... The chess board/box is easy enough, but i am working on my consistency with making chess pieces. These pieces are just test pieces from mesquite until i get good enough i can make a the actual pieces from the mango/koa wood we bought... Consistency on the pawns is going to be a challenge, and the knights intimidate me... i may have several scrap knights laying around that i didnt like and kept starting over...
