Terrence J Smith wrote:
Guys:
This maybe off topic, but I need to make a better shepherds crook. Ones I
have purchased are worthless after about a year as the 'crook' opens up and
makes it impossible to catch a goat (I raise meat goats).
The purchased variety are made of oak and seem to be steam bent.
My thoughts a
- Steam bend one myself. Would using green wood, maybe ash, make the bend
more permanent?
- Make the bend with thin strips and epoxy (a laminate).

Why not the old fashioned way? Find a branch with a hook already in it
and cut it off, or failing that, find a branch with a fork in it and
whittle the fork into a smoother curve.

I must be missing something, this seems too obvious,
H