Whittled Whimsey #5
Signed and dated PR Drumm, 2002
Ash (Old baseball bat), Ebony (Old Tavern Beer Tap Handle)
36 1/2"Lx2 1/2"max.Dia.
Exhibited on World Wide Web, http://www.whittledwhimseys.com
Whittled Whimsey #5 was carved with pocket knife
from an old Ash baseball bat, with an antique tavern beer tap added
whimsically. No particular theme was followed other than to carve
a working lock at the head of the bat, and wind up an interesting
journey with a hasp at the handle end.
Drumm whittled yet another lock design, attached
by chain links to a head whose nose is the pullable beer tap.
The body under the head is a six-bar round cage with
three more round cages within (four cages total), which is connected
by chain links to another head-like shape with insert that pulls
out and has hinged visor.
This in turn, is chain-linked to the tapering haft
of a bat that has a bell-like cage on six chain links with a six-pronged
object inside the cage.
Four chain links attach to the next four-barred cage,
which has a four-geared object inside.
Three links then lead to a spiral-shaped gear-like
shape, which is attached by five links to the figure-eight hasp,
which ended the interesting whittler's journey. Six sections are
counted, connected by chain links.
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