This was just an interesting shape made with some nice wood. I used a small piece of Brazilian Rosewood, sanded it very smooth, and then waxed it. It is nice just to hold and twirl around your fingers. The Rosewood is supposed to smell nice when it is being cut, and in fact it does. But then wood dust in general, and especially from some tropical woods is supposed to be carcinogenic, so one might not want to be drawing deep breaths of the sweet-smelling sawdust for too long. As with many of my small pieces, it was very sanding-intensive. I had found that if an even profile is desired - in this case, an elliptical cross-section - then (I, anyway) need to sand it down by hand to get it there. This piece took about 8 hours to complete. Using a Dremel with an abrasive tool is much faster, but it generally takes too much off too fast and I inevitably carve dips into the piece due to the round profile of the tool. The choice generally came down to having a nice completed piece after a rather long time, or throwing it away much sooner when it was ruined with the Dremel. Hence the hand-sanding.
| Material: | Brazilian Rosewood |
| Construction: | Carved |
| Finish: | Wax |
| Size: | 1.5" x 1.5" x 2.75" |
| Time: | 8 hours |
| Done: | October 21, 1993 |
