Slide of the Month Extra Tutorial -Thru Loops

I call "thru loops" any slide that either naturally has a hole in it or a slide that I have drilled or carved a hole through. There are quite a few Whittlin Jim and others who had designs in the round that encompassed a 180 to 360 degrees which required having a hole down the middle of the slide.

Natural hole loops 

Bone

Horn

Cow horn

Bamboo

Drilled holes

Drilled as part of the slide

Drilled as part of the slide 2

Drilled as part of the slide 3

Drilled but in the background

Holes carved 

Carved

 (Neckerchief goes through the mouth and out the gills)

Carved 2

Carved 3

(OK, carved and glued)

Natural and Carved

Bamboo 

Bone