An easy extension of the Bird’s Mouth Spar technique:
Items for boats are finished different from items of furniture…besides the exterior finishes….this is 50-50 Daly’s Teak Oil and BLO wet-sanded into the mahogany followed by 6 coats of Epiphanes spar varnish…there can be no crisp edges because crisp edges won’t hold varnish very long in sun, sea and sand.
“When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for; and let us think…that a time is to come when those (heirlooms) will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, ‘See! This our father did for us.’ “ –John Ruskin.
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That is very cool Bob. I love seeing alternate uses for things like the birdsmouth technique.
Steven
I LOVE IT!
Looks like something ya hit Black Beard over the head with as he boards your ship!
Chuckle.
Thanks.“When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for; and let us think...that a time is to come when those (heirlooms) will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, ‘See! This our father did for us.’ “ --John Ruskin.
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