Ashtray...
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:04 am
I made this out of a piece of cedar from the first tree I cut down to use to build my house out in the bush. Nothing fancy, but here it is.
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Nope not finished yet. I don't have access to quality materials where I am, but I do plan on quite a bit more sanding and some sort of finishing. Thanks for the advice though. I'll look into seeing if I can find these things in country. Thanks for the heads up.RickB wrote:I like it. Is it finished with anything? If not, that beeswax/linseed oil + DNA/naphtha combo would look really nice I'd think. Low luster rubbed finish.
Well, I'm currently in a town (flew out yesterday). Our folks don't use any sort of cooking oil. A normal meal is just a sweet potato or some other root vegetable cooked in the ashes. Hoping I can find something in town.RickB wrote:Oh that's right, I'd forgotten that when you say "in the bush", you mean it very literally right now.
What's used for cooking oil? You might be able to just periodically soak it in that (as long there's no scarcity issues), and rub it down with a rag.
That is so cool.JMG wrote:Well, I'm currently in a town (flew out yesterday). Our folks don't use any sort of cooking oil. A normal meal is just a sweet potato or some other root vegetable cooked in the ashes. Hoping I can find something in town.
Your first formula sounded better. BTW...where in NC are you. My MIL lives on the east coast so every furlough we are up there a good bit. As the dad of three daughters, with a divorced MIL and divorced SIL, I am always looking for a smoking buddy on those trips.RickB wrote:That is so cool.JMG wrote:Well, I'm currently in a town (flew out yesterday). Our folks don't use any sort of cooking oil. A normal meal is just a sweet potato or some other root vegetable cooked in the ashes. Hoping I can find something in town.
I mean, maybe sort of gross, but how about nose grease? You wouldn't have to tell anyone!
First formula was definitely better. My dad had some kit pipes he'd carved ages ago (which inspired my own initial forays into warclub freehand pipemaking before I knew better). Some of those he'd finished in beeswax, but one he claimed was just a little nose grease every time he smoked it - took on a really nice dark walnut satin sheen eventually.JMG wrote:Your first formula sounded better. BTW...where in NC are you. My MIL lives on the east coast so every furlough we are up there a good bit. As the dad of three daughters, with a divorced MIL and divorced SIL, I am always looking for a smoking buddy on those trips.RickB wrote: I mean, maybe sort of gross, but how about nose grease? You wouldn't have to tell anyone!