Or Knot To Be

[Richard Madison]

This was a deliberately misaligned knot for another thread. Seemed like a shame to burn pile it though, so it became a funny little pencil cup. Osage and walnut, 2" x 4". Comments always welcome.

[Burt Alcantara]

Very nice. Good clean lines. Sharp!

Burt

[Richard Madison]

Thanks Burt. Maybe it will bring $5 in a craft show my wife does a couple times a year.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking piece. Didn't deserve the burn pile.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice looking wood! Lot of folks would just think that was the design you had in mind when you made it! Should sell with no problem!

[Jim Kountz]

Hey ya never know, I like it. Might bring more than you think!!

[Richard Madison]

Thanks guys. As mentioned in another thread, non-turners do not always see the "defects" in the same light that we do. Maybe it will bring $6.

[Kyle Iwamoto]

Should fetch MORE than 5 bucks...... I'd buy it. Nice work.

Okay I'll ask, how'd you do it? I can almost figure the diagonals, but the circles, I can't. Segmented? Hard to say with a pic.

[Richard Madison]

Kyle,
Thanks for your comment. They all start out as diagonals in a square blank. For correct alignment, unlike my sample piece, thickness of the inserts must be equal to width of the saw kerf. There should be a celtic knot tutorial somewhere on this forum. Pen turners use the celtic knot process frequently.