Falconry Hood Display Stand

[Kent Reisdorph]

I practiced falconry 30 years ago. My brother is an active falconer. I want to make him a display stand for his hoods. The rough design looks like this:



The stems are too long in this picture. It's just the rough idea.

I made some prototypes of the stands a couple of months back:



These have bases, but of course the real ones will be pegged to fit in the base. I was experimenting with different woods. Left to right, they are sugarberry, dogwood, mulberry (x2), and sassafras.

I decided on cherry for this piece.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

I rough turned a platter a month or so ago. I dialed it in this morning. It's about 9".

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Time to make some spindle blanks.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

I took a step back to work on design. I'll be out of town for a week, so will pick this up when I return.