Another Ray Mears inspired whittling project that I have taken on recently. Using some of the scraps from my recent letter opener project I carved and tied some hooks.

There’s not much to say about these guys. I used knot free sections that had split off during other work. I cleaned them up and carved them to shape.

The first hook I carved was pretty large and I used a cut off finishing nail to form the point. I tied this on with the inner strands from some 550 paracord.

I carved a few more small hooks, using small wooden spikes for the points. I had wrapped one with hemp cord as well, but when pulling the tag end through the windings on the shaft I caught the hook and broke it.