Carve A Traditional Maori Hook Necklace From Bone

Step 10 Polishing

 Use car wax with abrasives in it. Put the car wax on a soft felt pad and rub everything down. It'll look pretty bad until you wash it.

After you wash it, polish it with a towel (like a beach towel). After you use the towel, use a clean piece of felt, then a piece of paper to finish the shine. At this point, it'll look shinier than glass...it's unreal.

After it was all shiny, I drilled a hole in it. As far as the tying of it, you're on your own. It's pretty easy to figure out of you look at my picture. There are about 4,000 ways to do it...so you'll definitely figure one out pretty quickly!

For some reason, I cannot catch the shine with my camera! I assure you, though, it's like a mirror!

Comments

[anibioman]

this is really cool i think ill make one for my brother when his birthday comes around (april) that is a really nice shine on yours.

[CosmicBrambleclaw]

Sweet tutorial :3 I think I might make a Manaia necklace with this picture http://i2.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens10713211_1272378728Maori-Manaia.jpg then maybe a hook after that :3

[BigShotUK]

Just curious... why did you decide to drill a hole in the hook?
It looks like wrapping and knotting the cord in the right way would have been just as effective but without the need to drill.
Nice bit of carving though. Good work.

[nepheron]

 After I carved it, I was in a bit of a pickle. It was historically accurate (at the time, with no hole) but I did not know how to make the lashing!
No amount of searching the web has revealed the method :( I'm afraid it may be some kind of secret!

If you, or anyone, knows how to make the lashing...please share your knowledge!

[amethysteria]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qCi8yWA8IQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This tutorial shows a good way of lashing your bone carving, I would suggest using paracord or another type of cord that is round and plaited as opposed to being a twisted cord

[poopster101]

Look up and tie a "Snell Knot". Works perfect on mine.

[sculptur]

im going to make an instructable showing how i lashed mine on

[sculptur]

that hook looks awesome im going to try one tomorrow

[sturmey]

The best way to make a shiny object look shiny in a photograph is with a softbox. you can do this by shooting outside on a cloudy day, or by making a tent out of white cloth.

Thanks for the great instructable, it really looks good.