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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 16:04:42 GMT -5
Actually fill a crack the length of a Tomahawk handle. Said handle to be made from native Muskedine grapes vine wild from the swamp. It has a awesome red, white, black and crystal Flint Ridge Nethers Farm hawk knapped by me. Vine retains a tight solid bark but the crack opened all the way down the handle while kiln drying in my microwave. Handle is still totally sound. It will be wrapped in and around the hawk with white buckskin from a whitetail deer. The actually hand piece area will be laced with tan rawhide from a cow with feather and wooden bead fetishes. The handle will have a wrist cord made from dog bane fibers I hand twist into unbreakable native cordage. The turquoise is believed to protect the user so some fake turquoise is ok but it must be mixed with real turquoise to fill the crack. The endcap of the handle will have a turquoise nugget. Turquoise is copper phosphate. Powder copper phosphate is not terribly expensive. |
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Post by orrum on Sept 14, 2016 17:37:18 GMT -5
Ok thanx Scott! Phil has some substitute.
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 14, 2016 19:18:22 GMT -5
Actually fill a crack the length of a Tomahawk handle. Said handle to be made from native Muskedine grapes vine wild from the swamp. It has a awesome red, white, black and crystal Flint Ridge Nethers Farm hawk knapped by me. Vine retains a tight solid bark but the crack opened all the way down the handle while kiln drying in my microwave. Handle is still totally sound. It will be wrapped in and around the hawk with white buckskin from a whitetail deer. The actually hand piece area will be laced with tan rawhide from a cow with feather and wooden bead fetishes. The handle will have a wrist cord made from dog bane fibers I hand twist into unbreakable native cordage. The turquoise is believed to protect the user so some fake turquoise is ok but it must be mixed with real turquoise to fill the crack. The endcap of the handle will have a turquoise nugget. Turquoise is copper phosphate. Powder copper phosphate is not terribly expensive. Aluminum copper phosphate |
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Post by mohs on Sept 14, 2016 19:24:15 GMT -5
Howdy folks!! I am trying a project where I mix ground up blue turquoise in epoxy snd pour it into cracks in wood. Therefore I need some good colored and easy to grind turquoise. Cheap, did I mention very inexspensive??? LOL That's a great idea Bill ! you'll have to show the project I've been having a similar idea about engraving a piece of quartz and filling it in with ground in mineral |
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Post by phil on Sept 15, 2016 12:19:29 GMT -5
Ok thanx Scott! Phil has some substitute. You have some real to mix in? Or need me to include? |
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Post by orrum on Sept 15, 2016 16:37:52 GMT -5
Hey Phil I have some real to mix in to give it a coarser look. Thanks for thinking about it!; Looking forward to getting the dust Phil! Thanks agsin!!!
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 15, 2016 18:38:46 GMT -5
Interestingly I met this guy today who was telling me about an artist who was doing this with cracked driftwood then selling the pieces as art.
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Post by orrum on Sept 15, 2016 19:05:39 GMT -5
Huge in craft shows in Az. Mesquite desert dried and cracked with turquoise. Lamps, hat racks, centerpieces etc.
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Post by phil on Sept 16, 2016 12:59:30 GMT -5
Texas and New Mexico too.
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Post by orrum on Sept 16, 2016 19:44:24 GMT -5
Phil it's a desert southwestern iconic thing pardner#!
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Post by phil on Sept 16, 2016 21:09:33 GMT -5
yeppers.... package went out today, 2 day priority mail. Look for a little surprise in there too..
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2016 22:36:36 GMT -5
I love this thread.
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Post by orrum on Sept 17, 2016 3:10:01 GMT -5
Wow I love RTH! You can find anything you want on here!!! Imagine a better place for rock lovers Err addicts!!! LOL. Well we do have JamesP here, he is pretty awesome to visit and see mounds mad inventions everywhere.
Thanks Phil, u r da turquoise man!!!
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 17, 2016 14:58:08 GMT -5
Great idea,never thought of turquoise as a filler base.. I use crushed ammonite for filler on rocks and fossils-might have to try it on wood....
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Post by orrum on Sept 19, 2016 8:26:56 GMT -5
Ubermenhume done me good with a gift of turquoise chips from Nevada!!! I must of got them Sat because they were in the box this morning!!! Wow they r cool with some dark greenish and ranging all the wsy to a lite blue. Mostly dark green to medium green. Haven't tried crushing them yet but I might not have to. Read about filling the crack with chips and pouring the clear epoxy to fill the crack. Thanks a bunch for your generosity!!!
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 19, 2016 14:31:34 GMT -5
Ubermenhume done me good with a gift of turquoise chips from Nevada!!! I must of got them Sat because they were in the box this morning!!! Wow they r cool with some dark greenish and ranging all the wsy to a lite blue. Mostly dark green to medium green. Haven't tried crushing them yet but I might not have to. Read about filling the crack with chips and pouring the clear epoxy to fill the crack. Thanks a bunch for your generosity!!! A lot of the Nevada turquoise runs from bluish green to green due to the substitution of some of the aluminum in the turquoise with iron. |
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Post by orrum on Sept 19, 2016 17:38:47 GMT -5
Sounds good James, I like green Turquoise!
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Post by orrum on Sept 19, 2016 17:42:09 GMT -5
Ho ho Santa came again today!!! Got a box in the mail from Phil! I order a pound of powder blue turquoise substitute and it is awesomely beautiful!!! He threw in for free a half ounce of fantastic real blue turquoise chips to mix in!!! Yowser thank you Phil!!!
Now off to the crack filling project!
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Post by ubermenehune on Sept 19, 2016 20:29:13 GMT -5
Happy to help, Bill.
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Post by orrum on Sept 20, 2016 6:27:39 GMT -5
RTH Rocks!!!
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