[Moo] A little project I could use some help on.

[thewolfhou at aol.com]

Greetings Josh,
Someone is going to be lucky with a beautiful walking stick. Leather would obstruct the view of the Amethyst. If the stone is deep enough, I would probably carve down a hole the same size as the end of the gem and glue it into the hole. In Medieval times, rabbit hide glue and other glues were used. If the stone is not deep enough to imbed and still see it, can you wrap the circumferance with a copper foil, in the manner of stained glass, solder it together with wire "anchors" down, and imbed the wires into holes drilled into the top of the walking stick and glue them in? If you need, I have copper foil, copper wires and soldering stuff, and can work with you doing it. I live in southern Stafford Co, near Fredericksburg. As to the waterproofing of the walking stick: wax. Good old fashioned Johnsons Floor wax provides a wonderful protection, nice to the touch, and period. It would need to be periodically rewaxed. Tounge oil is another possible finish.
YIS,
Blitha of Wolfhou


-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua de Gastyne <joshbdeg at yahoo.com>
To: General Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach <moo at stierbach.org>
Sent: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 7:06 pm
Subject: [Moo] A little project I could use some help on.




Dear SCA Friends,
I was wondering if anyone out there could give me some advice on a craft project 
I am working on. I have a walking stick that is about 5'3" in height that i have 
stripped of the bark and have gotten it to be pretty smoothe. It is to be a gift 
to a friend and I wanted to find out the best way to waterproof it without it 
looking gunky from polyurethane. My friend also wants me to afix a large 
amethyst point to the top of it and I have struck out on ideas how. I had been 
thinking of using leather to hold the amethyst to the stick. My question are 
these, is leather a viable option for it and what would be the best way to seal 
it?

Regards,
Josh


      

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