This is the third stand I've made. It just stood to reason after I acquired three new Peterson Bulldogs, a trio that I've lusted over for a long, long time - that I needed a special stand for 'em...am I right? Well, since we define these things for ourselves...the answer is obviously yes.
The only other thing I'll say is that I make a lot of 'stuff'. And one of the quiding principles of the way I approach these things is that I use scraps to make nice things...wood from the bin...brass from a sawn up chunk a friend gave me...a piece of antler also given me by a friend. And it takes time. I do one part and then look at it for a long time...sometimes weeks. I had a totally different top rest made for it. All done. But I tossed it in favor of the antler...which when it came to me looked like it was about 300 years old. I'd never worked with antler much before...and the photos below absolutely don't do this stuff justice. I sanded the heck out of it and then went at it with the buffer. Gents...this stuff, up close and to touch and feel it...it's like mammoth ivory! It looks FANTASTIC!
What took the longest? The damn Celtic design on the Rosewood. Jeez, I hate doing that...but it really needed to be there.
OK...blah, blah, blah...here it is:
The only other thing I'll say is that I make a lot of 'stuff'. And one of the quiding principles of the way I approach these things is that I use scraps to make nice things...wood from the bin...brass from a sawn up chunk a friend gave me...a piece of antler also given me by a friend. And it takes time. I do one part and then look at it for a long time...sometimes weeks. I had a totally different top rest made for it. All done. But I tossed it in favor of the antler...which when it came to me looked like it was about 300 years old. I'd never worked with antler much before...and the photos below absolutely don't do this stuff justice. I sanded the heck out of it and then went at it with the buffer. Gents...this stuff, up close and to touch and feel it...it's like mammoth ivory! It looks FANTASTIC!
What took the longest? The damn Celtic design on the Rosewood. Jeez, I hate doing that...but it really needed to be there.
OK...blah, blah, blah...here it is: