Many hours later it became obvious that the answer was 'fucking fiddly'. All 3 components are slightly oval in irritatingly different ways, the stick had to fit into the handle and the ring to overlap both. To add to the frustration, the bark of the hazel had to remain undamaged where it emerged from the antler ring.
It came out pretty well, but just don't even think about asking me to build another...
Many hours later it became obvious that the answer was 'fucking fiddly'. All 3 components are slightly oval in irritatingly different ways, the stick had to fit into the handle and the ring to overlap both. To add to the frustration, the bark of the hazel had to remain undamaged where it emerged from the antler ring.
It came out pretty well, but just don't even think about asking me to build another...
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