A Very Canadian Nostepinne

While on holiday on Vancouver Island, Canada I went to see a friend of the family who turns wood.

He kindly made me a beautiful nostepinne out of curly maple.

The tree had grown within a mile of his workshop. He waxed the nostepinne with beeswax that also came from the area through a beekeeper he knew.

Here he is checking the diameter:


Wax on (wax off):
Action shot: ETA: I now find a large knitting needle has a better balance.