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 Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:42 am
or you could just make it from some piping? just flatten out one end of the pipe and trim the edge with some tin snips or something and wrap the handle.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:07 pm
I'm still on the look-out for an athame, bollyn and pentacle I like crying .
If anyone knows good sites to check stuff out to possibly buy, let me know ^^,
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:07 am
The Love Turtle Usually athames are passed down in generations. And if you lead a coven, then you're children will, too. And most people put their initals on them to help the magick flow better through the athame and the person it self. And it's good to bound them to yourself, so it's easier for you to use, but hard for others. God, I sound like a dictonary! -blink- This is all news to me, to be honest...unless you're in a fam trad that does such things. The only other place I ever heard about that is in the fictional (but delicious) Sweep series by Cate Tiernan. My own High Priestess's children decided not to be Wiccan..in fact, I'm pretty sure they're Anglican (she's in the UK afterall). Making the energy flow better isn't so much a matter of "binding" the tool as it is personalizing it somehow (bought or made or passed down)...I have occult symbols painted onto mine...you could also just funnel your energy into it. Then you cleanse and consecrate it, which aligns it to your energies...without having to "bind" it to you, depending what you mean by "bind." -Ariawn
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:45 pm
o.o I have a question and I don't want to make a repeat thread about Athames- So I'll just ask here and hope for the best.
There's no f*cking way my mom would let me have one. Would a wand substitute? I've heard they can be interchangable.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:18 pm
Cynical: Yes, a wand can substitute. They aren't -exactly- the same, but they have the the same basic purpose--to focus and direct energy. The power isn't IN the tool, it's in yourself, but the tool helps us to focus to augment what we do.
The other thing you can do is use a butterknife. One knife from the drawer probably won't attract attention. Cleanse it before use, use it, then cleanse it again and put it back in the drawer. Many Kitchen Witches use a common kitchen knife in their practices.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:32 pm
The Spam Fairy I'm still on the look-out for an athame, bollyn and pentacle I like crying . If anyone knows good sites to check stuff out to possibly buy, let me know ^^,
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:28 am
i tend to make a lot of really nice things for other pagans as gifts like wands and charms and stuff and i want to bounce tis idea off you guys,
what about an athame carved from stone and set in a deer antler handle?
what do yah think?
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:55 pm
Mmm... I think that would be pretty nifty, Witchyboy.
But... you mentioned deer antler handle... I'm hoping you don't mean like real deer antlers. D: Or at least, if you do, that you aren't the one who killed it.
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Hells Princess Miako-Sama
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:16 am
i did mention antler handles and no im not the one who killed it, i got it off a buddy of mine.
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:55 pm
You don't have to kill a deer to get its antlers. They do shed them... you just have to know where to find them once they've been shed!
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:23 am
actually your thinking moose deer dont shed there antlers but they do shed there velvet.
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:32 am
-thoughtful toe wiggle- I don't think it would be a problem if you had killed the deer, anyway, so long as you gave thanks for it and let no part of the deer go to complete waste. That's one of the wonderful things about deer, so many parts of their body are useful. No wonder they're associated with the Lord. smile My boline has a bone handle, I love it..it's the shape of a handheld scythe.
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:02 pm
WitchyBoy actually your thinking moose deer dont shed there antlers but they do shed there velvet. Actually, male deer do shed their antlers. I just went and asked my dad. Plus, I remember asking my Papa last Christmas how he got his pair of deer antlers (he lives way out in the country, where there's lots of deer) and he told me that every year, the male deer shed their antlers and that you can walk through the woods (which he has on his property) and find 'em. I'll see if I can find a website for you as proof. I also remember seeing it in a documentary film on Animal Planet. Edit: Here's a link for ya!
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:20 am
okay my bad
but yah i was thinking about making the blade from like flint or something similar and wrapping the handle in leather.
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