A stopper I am almost completely happy with

[Cwalker935]

I stopped making stoppers a few years ago because many of them were bulky and I never developed a design that I was happy with. I had to make 7 recently to fill a request. Once again, I was not satisfied even though the person I made them for was very happy. On the 7th one I was desperate to do something different so I used a texturing tool on it. I thought it had promise even though I was still not satisfied. I made an 8th one and added texturing to it and I am almost satisfied with the design. Some tweaking and I might have something I finally like.

 

[LouCee]

Looks good!

 

[mark james]

Looks great. Very nice - maybe some burn lines?

 

[bsshog40]

I think it looks good Cody! I've done a few and it's always a challenge to figure out different designs for these things. Here's a few I've done, maybe will help with ideas. Lol

 

[wolf creek knives]

I like your design and the texturing you've done. I've found over my years of wood working that I'm never satisfied with what I've created although others say they really like it. I believe that most woodworkers are truly never satisfied with what they create, I think it's in our DNA. That being said, don't sell yourself short, I really like what you've done here. I would like to know what a "texturing" tool is though. I have one for leather work but I've never seen anything for wood etc. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Cwalker935]

I like your design and the texturing you've done. I've found over my years of wood working that I'm never satisfied with what I've created although others say they really like it. I believe that most woodworkers are truly never satisfied with what they create, I think it's in our DNA. That being said, don't sell yourself short, I really like what you've done here. I would like to know what a "texturing" tool is though. I have one for leather work but I've never seen anything for wood etc. Thanks for sharing!

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[FGarbrecht]

I think your stopper is really nice. I struggle with stopper design too, I'm not sure why this is so hard but the texturing addition is brilliant.

 

[Woodchipper]

Nice. What texturing tool? Wife likes the texture. Not much market for bottle stoppers here at the buckle of the Bible Belt.

 

[wolf creek knives]

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Thanks for the info. This looks very similar to the tool used on leather for marking your holes for stitching.

 

[magpens]

Looks good to me, Cody !!

Thanks for showing !!!

I particularly like the overall shape. . I too had gone off stoppers (actually never really started making them) becuz of unsatisfying results due mainly to shape. . Now that I seen your current posting I might feel inspired to give stoppers another shot !

 

[Charlie_W]

I like your design and texturing a lot!

My avatar is a pic of the top of a bottle stopper I made years ago. I think I used a Wagner Texturing tool on it. Wifey gave it to Chef Tyler Florence at a book signing when he was in town! I'll have to look for a pic.