Treebone Photo Gallery
This is a 60's vintage Sheridan Blue Streak I've had for a while, restocked in a simple, but elegant claro walnut of about the same age.
Rack of English and Bastogne blanks in my shop
We never know who will drop in.
View from the shop at sunset.
Elk herd in the hayfield below my house
Cimarron Traffic Jam
Neighbor enjoying Christmas dinner of Cholla cactus.
Neighbors relaxing after a delightful repast of Cholla cactus
Neighbor kids armwrestling
Group of bullets in a gunstock blank
Bullets are not hard on my saw, but spikes, nails and barbed wire always put the finishing touch to a bandsaw blade. I was able to pull this one out, then sawed through the hole to see how deep it went. Interesting to see how the spike altered the color of the wood.
Sometimes surprises lurk in seemingly solid gunstock blanks. The top photo is a carved stock, I had no idea the bullets were there when I started carving it.
The lower photo just above here is an expanded jacketed bullet that I discovered when rough shaping in the bandsaw. Fortunately the bullets are softer than the carver bits and bandsaw blade.
The lower photo just above here is an expanded jacketed bullet that I discovered when rough shaping in the bandsaw. Fortunately the bullets are softer than the carver bits and bandsaw blade.
New highwall stocks in carver
Treebone carving room
Overhead view of my carving room in the old shop in New Mexico, just completed winter of 06. Previously I had been working in the unheated and poorly lit wood storage room, so this is quite a treat for me. In the foreground you can see my two carvers, a 6 spindle (blanks in place ready to be carved) and a 2 spindle on the right for custom work. The bandsaw, boring machine and hand work area in the background.
SemiBullpup from customer pattern
The finished product. (See the picture above.)
Ever seen a presentation grade axe??