Baggy
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Hiya Thanks for looking :-) I will have a go at working out how to do that.
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Hiya Thank you for taking the time to look, I have added linking the photos to my, growing, list of edits.
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Hi all I am building a web site for my carvings and with the wide range of people in here I hoped that some web/ecommerce saavy people could check it out for me? I would appreciate comments and critiques The test site is here; Mark Baigent green wood carving Ta muchly
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Lovely work :-)
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Hiya I don't know much about pyrography but I like that :-)
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Hiya The Mora hook knife is not a great knife but with some work sharpening it it will do the job nicely. The Mora 106 is a very good knife. I do not wet the "wet and dry", slowly and carefully is best, enjoy the sharpening process :-)
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Hiya I use pieces of wood 8" x 2" x 1" with "wet and dry" glued to them, grades 800, 1000, 1200, 1500. Then holding the blade in place I run the wet and dry along the bevel and then the other side of the blade working up the grades. For the inside of curved blades the "wet and dry" is glued to dowels. I finish with a leather stropping, using wood and dowels again. Ta muchly
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Oops sorry Ben Orford or if you like to put your own handles on as I do then Nic Westerman makes great blades Bushcraft Knives, Handmade Knives & Carving Tools from Ben Orford Nic Westermann
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Thanks, the wood was carved green with hand tools, axe, adze and knives. This piece of cherry was carved about five months after the tree was felled.
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Hiya I know Jons work well and wanted to try the Scandinavian stlye that he works with. I do follow his blog and we also bump into each other on facebook. The curved down handles are surprisingly difficult to carve because there is so much cross grain cutting. I like and will develop the salmon tail style, bottom right. But I also plan to delevop the style top right with a more solid handle. The handle on the last image is also worth working up.
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Hiya Thanks :-) I am working on developing a style and it seems I have to see what does not work to understand what does. I think from the batch above I can see two styles developing :-)
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7 kuksa in 7 days in different styles ........... that was the plan but it actually took 12 days, must get quicker. I would appreciate your thoughts on the styles.
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Hi all Just finished this...
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Just carved this canoe cup, I need to make a hole in the handle but do I go through the knot or next to the knot..........
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Brilliant, what a treasure for her to keep for ever
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Lovely work, beautiful wood
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Hi The mora carving blades are good, the 106 and the 120. Their spoon knives not so great. I like to put my own handles on blades and these blades ate very good Nic Westermann Try Bushcraft Knives, Handmade Knives & Carving Tools from Ben Orford his blades are great but they come ready handled
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I have been making again, kuksa, spoons, spreader.
Baggy replied to Baggy's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Hiya Thanks, I did not do any course but it is probably a good idea.... and might have saved me a fortune in plasters and buying the wrong tools. The best guy by far for training is Robin Fawcett, Green Woodworking with the Treewright He will customise courses to what ever you want to do. -
I have been making again, kuksa, spoons, spreader.
Baggy replied to Baggy's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Thanks Geoff :-) -
I have been making again, kuksa, spoons, spreader.
Baggy replied to Baggy's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Hi The wood is green ie the birch was felled a month or so ago, the cherry is about six months old. Tools, Gransfors axe, small carver knife and a spoon knife -
I have been making again, kuksa, spoons, spreader.
Baggy replied to Baggy's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Thanks Marko :-) -
Hi all I have had the sharps out, axe and knife. Small kuksa Cherry spoon Birch spoon Cherry spreader
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thanks, i will pass that on
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Hi Thanks Mike the guy has tried that approach with no luck, the two ninty degree turns happen in such a short space that the things that he has tried so far do not work. I am sure that he will eventually find a something that will adapt but it seems worth looking for the correct componant as well.
