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Can You Carve Spoons from Dry Wood?
Spoons and other “treen” are traditionally carved from green wood, cut fresh from the tree. The obvious advantages are that (1) fresh-cut wood is softer and generally easier to cut than dried wood, and (2) you don’t have to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Carving, Lumber, Woodenware
Tagged air dried, air-dried, carving, green wood, kiln dried, kiln-dried, sloyd, treen
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Sloyd Knife Sheaths
I really like my Morakniv sloyd knives, which I use for spoon carving. They take a very good edge, they are reasonably priced, and they are still made in Sweden by people who know what good tool steel is. Recently … Continue reading
Posted in Build-Alongs, Carving, Wood and Woodwork
Tagged carving knife, knife, knife sheath, Mora, Mora 106, Mora 120, Mora knife, Morakniv, sloyd, sloyd knif sheath, sloyd knife, sloyd knife case
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How to Start Carving Spoons
As part of my ongoing “How to Start” series of blog posts, here is some advice on how to start carving spoons. My goal is not to guide you through the entire process of making a spoon; I just want … Continue reading
Posted in Tutorials, Wood and Woodwork
Tagged begin, beginning, carving, hatchet, hook knife, Mora knife, sloyd, sloyd knife, spoon, spoon carving, spoon making, spoons, start, starting, treen, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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Hotel Spoon Carving
I travel for work once or twice a year. This summer it’s a week-long stay in a hotel, and I have evenings pretty much to myself. In such situations, I never want to be without my spoon carving tools and … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged hotel, hotel room, sloyd, sloyd knife, spoon making, spoons, travel, wood spoon, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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Spoon Carving on the Road
I do a lot of traveling each summer. In the past, I often had to leave my woodworking behind because, well, it’s hard to fit a tool chest and a workbench into the back of the minivan along with all … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged business trip, hotel, sloyd, sloyd knife, spoon carving, spoon making, travel, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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A Good Sloyd Knife
After making a few spoons with my current knives (a short Frost knife and one or two chip carving knives), I determined that I needed a longer knife for shaping handles. I searched for Sloyd knives at all my usual, … Continue reading
Posted in Carving, Reviews, Wood and Woodwork
Tagged Amazon, Mora, Mora knife, Morakniv, secondary bevel, sharpen sloyd knife, sloyd, sloyd knife, Sloyd knife sharpening
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It’s Sloyd Time!
I do a bit of traveling every summer, and when I’m away from home, I always miss my workbench and my tools. Sometimes I have space to bring a few tools with me, but when I go camping or to … Continue reading
Posted in Carving, Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged camping, hook knife, peter follansbee, sloyd, sloyd knife, spoon carving, wooden spoons
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