Thread: GRIFFIN

For my little dragon head (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f10/little-dragon-head-188192), I used a nail.
I just ginded it to a polygonal shape and blunt it with sandpaper to remove any sharp edge.
Give a try on a scrap first !

Thanks for your input.
the wood is lime so it should be pretty straight forward.
Some people say drop it in boiling water, some steam it. some say a steamiron works .Ian norbury used a paint brush with boiling water.
Its a case of trial and error i think

Personnaly, I applied a paper towel soaked in boiling water.

I've used that technique just with a blunt punch, sanding the rest of the surface down to the level of the depression and then applying a drop of water to the compressed spot with a brush and it worked like magic. (Now where the hell is that little huon pine frog?)

hoping to get it done this week and insert the eyes will post when complete and tidy
thanks for the help

Watching.

Finished the ukibori ,think i should have used different size bolts to make indents in the wood there to unifrom.
still some tidying up to do .have fixed the eyes in the just a case of varnishing and mounting it on the hazel hiking pole shank
griffin 020.JPGgriffin 021.JPG

That is a beautiful Griffin!!