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Where/How To Get a Basenji Hunting Bell?

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  • KembeK

    @brindlebasenji
    Naomi is GORGEOUS! Une petite jeune fille šŸ¾ā¤ļø

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  • I

    Naomi is a beauty, to be sure. She is definitely dainty at 16 pounds. Those big old bells would wear her down! Maybe some little Christmas bells???? Ha Ha.

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  • J

    @brindlebasenji I agree, Naomi is really a beautiful Basenji. Love it that she has a throne. She deserves it. :winking_face:

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  • J

    I think I have enough parts to start Logan' Bell. I've got the goiter (I had to look that term up) sized coconut, the nut thing, which I'll most likely use, some hemp cord that I'm going to braid, then braid again into more braids. I'll slice one of Logan's spent antlers into some strips to use at clangers or whatever they call them. Here's what I have...

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    I may also use a soldering iron to burn his name on the front side of the bell using an African font. Something like this maybe...

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  • KembeK

    That is so cool! I canā€™t wait to see the final product! Again.......when will you be taking orders? Lol

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  • elbrantE

    @jengosmonkey very cool!

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  • J

    @kembe said in Where/How To Get a Basenji Hunting Bell?:

    ...Again.......when will you be taking orders? Lol

    I donā€™t know šŸ˜ I gotta figure out how to make it first. I think the nut thing is actually a Western Buckeye. I cut the bottom out of one and it has this really dense foam like structure thatā€™s tough to remove. Oh, and there was a bug living in it. He wasnā€™t too happy to see me. Not sure the outer shell will prove to be very durable or resonate very well. It would just be decorative. The coconut is just giant even though itā€™s small for a coconut. Might have to flip to Plan 9 and carve one from wood. Iā€™m thinking of using oak since thereā€™s a lot of that on the trail. I need to google woods that resonate sound.

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  • B

    I canā€™t wait to see your bell!

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  • M

    don't waste your $$$. no bell, just keep your basenji in sight...
    morse.stafford@gmail.com

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  • J

    So I've not given up on this. I went back to rainshinefoundation.org.au and researched it a bit. It looks legitimate to me, and I'm really skeptical. This isn't an endorsement. They claim they are funneling the majority of donations back to the people they are providing assistance to. I could get behind this. Is a Basenji Hunting Bell worth $300 USD? In my best Texas accent, "Hell Yeah!" If they really are sinking the percentage of money they receive back into direct support as they claim on their website... it's hard NOT to get behind that. I'm still trying to verify that. Feel free to chime in.

    Coconut is too big. Western Buckeye is too thin. If the above is legit... I don't want to compete. I don't want to make something that mimics those from Africa. If it's legit... I'd rather support the cause and spend the $300 USD.

    So mine have to look different. They have to resonate sound. Which wood? CNC engraving? Laser engraving? Slots? Collar? Clasp? How do I support Basenjis? Tooling is going to cost a bit.

    I think I have have the bell figured out. I may also have the clappers figured out too, but I need to test all of this. The part that concerns me is the collar. Weaving, macramƩ, braiding, sewing...

    Anyway... these are thoughts in motion...

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