2015-03-21-fish-hook.md
1 author: Aaron Bieber <aaron@bolddaemon.com> 2 title: Experiments in Bone Carving - Hei matau 3 description: Experiment 2 in bone carving, a Māori fish hook 4 tags: Carving,Bone 5 date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 12:00:00 MST 6 7 Round two in my experiments with bone carving is a [Hei matau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hei_matau) - a stylised fish hook from Māori legend. I still have quite a bit of finishing to do, but the general shape is complete! 8 9 The bone I used (part of a femur) to create this piece is much more suitable to carving than the [rib bone](/posts/2015-03-08-bone-carving-experiment-one.html) I had previously used in for the beard comb. It is extremely strong! 10 11 The next steps are to finish off the edging and polish! 12 13  14 15 