[Cazzumoto]

Hi everyone, just wanted to share with you some pics of my latest build. It is a natural frame carved out of a spalted oak fork. I am still applying the final coats of oil but it's pretty much complete.

This is the fork how I found it, it already was very symmetrical and the right size



After removing the bark some good spalting appeared



After carving...



...and sanding



Now I am applying some oil finish



I will upload some pics of the finished product as soon as possible! I plan to shoot 8/10 mm lead balls with it.

 

[devils son in law]

Very nice! Your dog doesn't look impressed though...... :whisper:

 

[Old Iowan]

Looks naturally nice to me! Mother Nature makes the best naturals and naturally it's up to us to make them in to slingshots!!

 

[StringSlap]

Pretty much a perfect natty!

 

[Ordo]

You should not kill dogs with you slingshot. :banana:

 

[Tree Man]

That looks like a winner!!! Great work!

 

[Blue Raja]

Well done! We have similar oak in Colorado.

 

[SJAaz]

Now that is a nice job on a nice piece of wood. You have this natty thing down pat.

PS: Do you like that knife? Anything you would change?

 

[Sharker]

Beautiful frame

 

[Island made]

sweet looking natty!!

 

[msturm]

Very Nice!

 

[SLING-N-SHOT]

that is a very nice and symmetrical fork, that turned out GREAT...........I've had my eyes on a pile of Oak branches

for about a year now, that I need to gather up one day, especially if any come out half as nice as this one did.

I also love the Mora carving knife..........looks like maybe the #120 ?

Love my Mora carvers..........have the 120, the 105, and even bought the little plastic red handled one that is specific

to mushroom gatherers.........comes with a little nylon bristle built into it to brush dirt off the shrooms, but I cut that piece off

and just kept the blade / handle part.

 

[SLING-N-SHOT]

Now that is a nice job on a nice piece of wood. You have this natty thing down pat.

PS: Do you like that knife? Anything you would change?

Steve, you can't go wrong with any of the Mora carving specific knives, they are fantastic, but I think my favorite is the

#105 as it has little ridges at each end of the handle, giving a bit more secure grip than the #120 does....IMHO

 

[SJAaz]

Now that is a nice job on a nice piece of wood. You have this natty thing down pat.

PS: Do you like that knife? Anything you would change?

Steve, you can't go wrong with any of the Mora carving specific knives, they are fantastic, but I think my favorite is the

#105 as it has little ridges at each end of the handle, giving a bit more secure grip than the #120 does....IMHO

Darrell...Thanks for the input. Just looking at these small blades. I'm getting the urge to fire up the forge, but it's a waste of time if I don't know what blade/ handle combo and taper the carvers prefer. Seems like a thin spine and a long taper EQ/W a man sized handle is leading the pack right now.

 

[Cazzumoto]

Thank you everyone for the kind words, yes the knife is a Mora 120 and in my opinion is perfect for carving slingshots. It's not a knife for detail work obviously but if I wanted to I could even skip the sanding process and just use the knife to finish the fork. I have carved some slingshots or other wood stuff also using my dremel but nothing beats beeing out in the woods, sitting on a rock and carving with just a knife.

 

[bingo]

Sweet natty ????

 

[Cazzumoto]

As promised, this is the finished "product"

 

[bingo]

Nice that I ????

 

[Eldon 77]

That thing looks really comfortable

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[SLINGDUDE]

Very nice!