I am going to make my own... finally. I have a couple of sets, but like with most things of this nature, I prefer to make my own to make them more personal to me (rather than deal with stones or those annoying plastic "runes"). Which wood is better to use to make them? Oak? Ash? Cedar? And do you apply anything to them, such as polyurethane? I would rather NOT use any chemicals, but I would like them to last a while.
2007-10-11 15:07:51 · 8 answers · asked by River 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am not sure yet. Though I had thought of using a knife to carve the Rune in each piece and then maybe staining the mark itself. There are many natural stains I can use for this.
2007-10-11 15:18:16 · update #1
green_meklar - ROFL!!!! I knew someone on here would hit the Runescape thing! I knew just as soon as I hit Submit that I would get at least one answer like this lol =)
2007-10-11 15:19:27 · update #2
timbugtiny - I had thought about the deer bone (deer season does start in a week here), but as I've never worked with bone I'm afraid I would merely mess it up and it's not that easy to get a deer ;-)
2007-10-11 15:35:53 · update #3
My runes: I found the branch of an oak which had been cut off, took it to a friendly neighbor who cut them into @ 3/8" slices. I selected the most uniform pieces, sanded and used my trusty wood burning set to mark the rune forms.
Once that was done, I put a chunked up walnut into a piece of muslin and rubbed each individual rune on all sides. They look as shiny as my violin, where I learned about the benefits of polishing wood with nuts. They're still going strong. I also made a set out of paper which I then laminated so I have a really small and light set to carry in my purse or pocket.
2007-10-11 15:21:44 · answer #1 · answered by ren_faire_rose 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, I didn't get too "woo woo" about what wood to use, I just went down to the local arts and crafts store, and bought ready cut wooden circles about an inch in diameter. I bought a wood burning tool and burned the runes into the circles. Voila!
When I first made them, I anointed each one of them with my favorite essential oil (jasmine) mixed with jojoba oil. I have been using them on a daily basis for years, and they look even better than they did when I first made them, because they've got that smooth, well used look now. I have found no need to use anything else on them.
They are by far the best runes I've ever used. There is definitely something to be said for magical items that you create expressly for yourself.
2007-10-11 23:51:19 · answer #2 · answered by Tea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can use whatever material you feel comfortable with.
Personally, I love the feel and energy of small stones that have been worn smooth and round by the power of our beautiful Great Lakes. I can spend hours walking up and down the shoreline collecting these stones. They range in size from a dime to a quarter. I collect hundreds at a time. Then, when I get home, I sort them by size and make my own runes from them. I have found (and have been told) that the ones I make from stones "work" just as well as ones made of wood.
2007-10-12 04:25:56 · answer #3 · answered by lightningelemental 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try using boiled linseed oil instead. It's natural. But experiment with a piece of wood first to make sure it's what you want. Go with your feelings, not your thoughts, on the type of wood.
2007-10-11 22:18:39 · answer #4 · answered by phil8656 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In order to make your own runes, you need to mine some rune essences, then get yourself an air talisman or an air tiara (you can only make air runes without extra experience levels in runecrafting), go to the air altar and use the air talisman or tiara on it, then go to the next altar in the place you teleport to and make the rune essences into air runes. With more experience levels in runecrafting you will be able to make other runes, and you will also get more of each type of rune you make for each rune essence you take to the altar.
You can learn more about runecrafting here:
http://runescape.salmoneus.net/runecrafting.html
2007-10-11 22:17:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are going to make them, do it right. Real runes were made from deer bone, fish bone and pinky bone, the latter slightly hard to get. But can be obtained at your local college by talking with the right professor.
2007-10-11 22:21:35 · answer #6 · answered by timbugtiny 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ash is traditionally good for Norse Runes.
The tree Yggdrasil was a great ash tree and it was on this tree that Odin hung as a sacrifice to himself (a God to a God) for wisdom.
2007-10-11 22:19:39 · answer #7 · answered by conchobor2 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How do you plan to mark them?
2007-10-11 22:15:41 · answer #8 · answered by bryanccfshr 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋