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Robbie Graham

Shears

Shears

Height: approx: 350mm
Wall thickness: about 10mm


The piece is turned from a very old Pohutukawa tree (NZ Christmas tree) and has wonderful black streaks running through the timber. The legs are old sheep shearing shears, which my Father-in-law was throwing out and as I'm a bit of a hoarder and thought they would come in handy one day, as you do!!!
They did come in handy as you can see and as luck would have it only three of the blades were any good.
The band is turned as part of the piece but I wanted it to look as if was rusty steel to match the rusty blades.
I spent a bit of time designing this piece because the idea started with the shears and had to work out what type of vessel would suit the three blades.
It was a fun project and think it all came together in the end.

Comments and critique welcome
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Peter Clark
Robbie-
THAT is sweet. thanks for sharing!
WHAT did you do to make the wood look like rusted steel?
 
Charlie Knighton
very nice, thanks for sharing
 
Robbie Graham
Thanks Guys.
Peter C, the patina is called liquid iron and it comes with an instant rust acid, which makes the iron go rusty. Modern Options puts out a product in the USA.
Peter M, yes it was fun and great when it all comes together.
Cheers,
Robbie
 
S
I love the "metal banding" and the shears as feet. The simple solution you employed probably saved you a lot of hours at the forge!
 

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