Sticks
With the early failure of the day's bow project I spent some time hand shaping some sticks with my spokeshave. First up was a hickory Irish stick. It wasn't too bad to work with the shave but it seemed to be more sensitive to grain direction than my previous experience with red oak. Made this one to just over 38". It's lighter than my granadillo stick so it's less taxing for repeated drills.
After a break I decided to finish off my bloodwood stick. Or cudgel, rather, since I made it so that one end gently opened up and became heavier instead of having a distinct knob. This bloodwood is gorgeous but it is brutal to work. My shave was dull not too long after I started working and I didn't have a sharpening stone available so it was quite the chore to shape and smooth the stick out. But I am very happy with how it turned out. I'm going to have to find some more.