Hey guys,
So with the current situation I decided to give batmaking a go.
Ordered a G3 part made from John along with a few tools to get me going. I got a lovely draw knife, round bottom plane, and a spokeshave.
Pictures of the cleft:
So without much of a plan I started hacking away and mid way through the bat started to take shape:
And after some fine tuning with the spokeshave and a couple of Planes this is what I'm left with.
Overall I'm dead chuffed, it's 2.95 bound and gripped, and flies, pick up is lovely and I've definitely caught the bat making bug!