Here are some photos of my Jake Staff for my Staff Compass.
I learned how to make these back in the old days working in Forestry where my work was done with staff compass and hand compass. One day we came across a porccipine and I didn’t have my six shooter on that day, so I ended up cracking my Jake Staff. You see I never liked them critters because of all the damage they do to trees and of course, my dog. The staff was never quite the same so I had to ask the boss for a new one. That was the beginning of my training of making a good staff.
You will see that a good Jake Staff made of the proper wood, having the proper point and lower protection and having some quality art work is not only a good tool but it is also a good conversation piece. Credit the artist: Aaron Rivera who was a survey party chief at the time of this creation.
In all reality the Jake Staff that you purchase which was made to support the staff compass, is just lame. That is all I can say about it. Most of the staff compasses that are for sale don’t include the jake staff. I never understood this because I would want to be able to use my staff compass if I had one. Well, let’s see what mine looks like.
Top of Jake Staff
Bottom of Jake Staff
Art work for surveyors who like cats
More Art work by Aaron
And finally the protective cover for storage and transportation
> Here are some photos of my Jake Staff for my Staff Compass.
Unless I'm mistaken, that is the Willamette River in the background with Ross Island the far bank. I topo'd the near bank for landscape planning a few years ago.
Cool....
I just sent you an email.
Very nice job!
I like it.
> > Here are some photos of my Jake Staff for my Staff Compass.
> Unless I'm mistaken, that is the Willamette River in the background with Ross Island the far bank. I topo'd the near bank for landscape planning a few years ago.
Mark, Your not mistaken. Jim's got a nice view eh!
Back in the day- we used a garden hoe. Pound off the blade, straighten and sharpen prong and bevel top for compass ball and socket joint.
Hoe would be a good size, no need to knock out the hoe itself if you just buy a replacement handle. Been trying to figure out what kind of handle he was using with that commercial ferril on it. Buy the handle, grind a bridge spike to fit and then drive into the end, sharpen a point, could even harden the point, but you probably need to try it on another spike until you got the heats right.
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