Want ideas for tiller end

[JimConlin]

I'm hewing the tiller for Spark.
It's of black locust, not glass epoxy, foam or carbon!

I've seen a variety of artful tiller ends here & there. Anyone got any pix or ideas in other forms?

[Paul Girouard]

Handle end I'd think??

This one which Joe copied for his Dove boat IIRC is very nice.



From this thread: http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulleti...ight=Penobscot

There was a much better photo of it but I can't find it right now. Maybe Joe will post his photo of his copy or Kiwidispora will .

Where ya been Kiwi ?? Haven't seen a post in quite awhile.

[Paul Girouard]

Here's another shot,





From : http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulleti...ight=Penobscot

[Hughman]

Keep it simple.




Coxcombing in black nylon siene twine. Varnish or shellack over it for preservation.

[Clyderigged]

Here is a beautiful carving at the end of a tiller.



And the tiller on my boat Torea made with leather thong and green hemp coachwhipping. Using leather makes it very comfortable to hand.



Experiment and have fun.

[Lozell]

Here is my tiller end. I got it from Hervey Garret's Marlinespike Sailor

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Regards

Richard
http://www.penobscot14.blogspot.com/

[CundysHarbor]

For the tiller of my Doughdish, I carved a cat's paw. Name of boat.....Cats Paw. The original tiller ended in elongated oval knob so it was pretty easy to incise claws on the end. I wish I had a picture.
Dave

[Green Boat]

I saw a boat the other day that had a bronze fitting of the same kind used on the end of ox horn and it looked really sharp. Im even thinking about using one for my skiff once the sailing rig is finished.

[BillyBudd]

My tiller is rectangular in section. I brought it down in size to fit the hand near the tip, then did some line work with tarred hemp line (once available from Hamilton and now from, I think, some tar n' rope outfit out in California) (renew the hemp with Salty Dog by Kirby), with Turk's heads fore and aft. At the end of the tiller, a simple sphere of wood. Didn't think, at the time, of a tiller extension but you might want to factor one into your design. The section of the tiller for the hand is readily secured with additonal line to each side when moored; the lines are kept in place by the larger tiller aft and the sphere forward. Good luck.

[jimspaulding]

Jim.

Here's the ugliest tiller end I have in my collection...

It was on Rose when my wife saved her.

Jim S.

[JimConlin]

Jim.

Here's the ugliest tiller end I have in my collection...

It was on Rose when my wife saved her.

Jim S.

Where?

[Clyderigged]

Beautiful carving Richard. I always have had a liking for Hervey Garrett Smith's and Harold Underhill's illustrations.

What kind of wood is it?

[jimspaulding]

Sorry Jim,

I'm new on the forum and I don't know how to use it properly. The system had me upload the pictuire but it never showed up and there is no attachment button. I'll ttry again when I figure out how to use it.

Jim S.

[StevenBauer]

Maybe Joe will post his photo of his copy or Kiwidispora will .

You've got this all backwards, Paul. Dove's tiller is original, Kiwi made the copy.

Steven

[Paul Girouard]

You've got this all backwards, Paul. Dove's tiller is original, Kiwi made the copy.

Steven

Sorry Did Joe sell Dove yet?

[rbgarr]

Jim-

I made a tiller from honey locust once and left it eight-sided the whole length. Somehow it fit my hand well. The curve of the tiller was more crucial to my eye.

[Lozell]

Beautiful carving Richard. I always have had a liking for Hervey Garrett Smith's and Harold Underhill's illustrations.

What kind of wood is it?

The wood is Fijian Kauri. It is a great wood to work with.

Regards

Richard

[Ocean Spray]

Enclosed are a couple of shots of a tiller I made for my one design Raven. The mahogany was salvaged from an old carved sign that I took off a building.
After shaping the the light sweep or bend to the end, I wrapped string around it and then took a pencil and scribed the wood to get the rope strand spiral effect.
I then took a fine tooth Japenese hand saw and and cut down to a depth of approx. an eighth of an inch along the spiral string line. All of the carving was done with a utility knife. I then either used a fine rasp or various grades of sandpaper to do the final shaping.

The flat area with the two holes is where the tiller extension is fastened.

[Bob Cleek]

The neatest tiller end carving I've ever seen was on "Dandy," a Gilmer Half Moon. It was the cherub face with full cheeks blowing... like you see drawn on the corners of some artsy charts to indicate the winds blowing. On the other hand, I once saw a rather realistic phallic portrayal... but we won't go there! LOL

[Jim Ledger]

This is the tiller on Sea rover. The original idea was to carve the end of the handle itself but I was dissapointed with the result so the tiller sat for a few years.When the time approached to launch the boat "finish tiller" was high on the to-do list. The end of the tiller was cut into a tenon and this piece of rosewood was carved and glued on.

A leather sleeve around the tiller will ease the transition between the two woods and provide a nice handgrip. It's on the to-do list.

[Jim Ledger]

This is the tiller on Sea Rover. The original idea was to carve the end of the handle itself but I was dissapointed with the result so the tiller sat for a few years.When the time approached to launch the boat "finish tiller" was high on the to-do list. The end of the tiller was cut into a tenon and this piece of rosewood was carved and glued on.

A leather sleeve around the tiller will ease the transition between the two woods and provide a nice handgrip. It's on the to-do list.