a good friend wants a back scratcher.

 

i've never made a back scratcher.  you can buy one from bed/bath/beyond for $6, it's 19" long.  she want's something "special".  uh oh.

 

think i'll wander down to the shop, see if i have any nice scraps laying around, and see what i can come up with.

 

me?

 

i just find the nearest door frame or cactus.

I use a tine from an old bamboo leaf rake.  That would be special.

Sometimes I resemble an old bear using the nearest door frame!

 

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Edited December 22, 20178 yr by lew

put a handleon it...

I made a handle for this back scratcher made on an expandable rod. I made this quite awhile back and my memory doesn't go back over 6 months. I probably got it from PSI, Craft Supply's or some catalog like that. I had a bamboo back scratcher but it was too sharp.

 

 

my version, Lacewood:

 

hope she likes it.

This one is wife's favorite.  And you do need a hole in it so it can be hung up for easier finding when needed and out of the way when not needed.

Edited December 22, 20178 yr by Smallpatch

Now your bringing back memories. Growing up (early 50s) my grandpa would use the nearest door frame to fix the itch. I find myself doing the same be cause I can't find where I left the one I bought.

The best back scratcher for me is a long-handled scrub brush I use in the shower. The first scratch awakens dozens more, and I get them all! Feels great! 

I keep telling people in the restore that the grill cleaning brush is a backscratcher, but so far nobody is buying it. 

On 12/22/2017 at 11:33 PM, Harry Brink said:

Now your bringing back memories. Growing up (early 50s) my grandpa would use the nearest door frame to fix the itch. I find myself doing the same be cause I can't find where I left the one I bought.

Yep...I resemble this story....

On 12/22/2017 at 5:11 PM, Smallpatch said:

This one is wife's favorite.  And you do need a hole in it so it can be hung up for easier finding when needed and out of the way when not needed.

Fanciest back scratcher I've ever seen...never saw one you had to use keys to get it started

On 12/22/2017 at 4:56 PM, DAB said:

my version, Lacewood:

 

hope she likes it.

If she doesn't, I'll send you my address...I already like it.

15 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

If she doesn't, I'll send you my address...I already like it.

too late.  already in the mail.  and i'm out of Lacewood.

On 12/22/2017 at 5:11 PM, Smallpatch said:

This one is wife's favorite.  And you do need a hole in it so it can be hung up for easier finding when needed and out of the way when not needed.

 

23 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Fanciest back scratcher I've ever seen...never saw one you had to use keys to get it started

I  have a back scratcher  just like this one. Maybe that's why mine don't work? I need a key!!!! 

DAB I like your back scratcher and I'm sure she'll like it also!!

Did you try it out before you sent it to make sure the back scratcher works?

I had an excellent back scratcher once.  Unfortunately, my wife wouldn't let me bring her home. 

1 hour ago, PostalTom said:

I had an excellent back scratcher once.  Unfortunately, my wife wouldn't let me bring her home. 

Which is why you can still type. 

good news:  she got it,  and she loves it.  had to point out via email that it will stand on end, the end where my brand is (she hadn't see that either, initial reaction was "he didn't brand it").

 

so made her day.

 

she said "where's the bill?"  um... i didn't include one.  postage was $8+, the box was free (reused an amazon box).  so send me what you think is right.  lumber was scrap, that was given to me, so really free.  and it took about an hour of creative time to make it up.  a nice challenge on a quiet day.

 

had to tell her though, that making one was fun, but making dozens would not be fun.  then i'd have to change the design so i could make them in bulk.  and that sounds like work.  pass.

 

so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to her and everyone else that didn't get a backscratcher from me (that would be everyone else in the world).

 

unique item there sweetie, don't break it.

4 minutes ago, DAB said:

she got it,  and she loves it.

dang! guess that leaves me...

4 minutes ago, DAB said:

everyone else that didn't get a backscratcher from me

Edited December 29, 20178 yr by Grandpadave52