First ever attempt story and pics

[Zeal]

Dug up the tools my father has and took a shot at learning the tools and took my first shot at making my very first Darter blank.

I don't own a lathe, can't get one as there is no room around here. I made a rough shape and gave it a whirl after doing lots of homework on what a darter should look like and how it should be built. Things on paper always sound great, in practice you learn to avoid paper as I was quickly remembering that lesson too late. So the setting of this was: a 1x2x2 maple plank, a mite (sp?) Saw, a dremel with the circular sanding bit, a hand held sander, a triangular file, and a vice. The goal was to make a skinny profile Darter. I'm not one to admit failure but this is a pretty bad first attempt. Xmas gift to all the masters and veterans of plug building as I'm sure you can remember your first attempts and have a chuckle. On a building note, can it be saved at all or just try again? I deliberately did not drill or do fine sanding and was not sure when to stop rounding. To me, the tail is the reason why I deem it failed since I dremeled the wrong sides and tried to fix it, the mouth notch is sloppy (had a minor misjudgement), and I don't think I can make it more cylindrical than it is on the back after fine sanding. I submit to you guys my frankendarter with my head bowed down.