Ok, Im back.
I love to carve wood and I began carving as a child. But as Ive grown older, Ive developed some arthritis in my hands and hand carving has become just too painful to do anymore. I really miss carving and Ive been searching for a way to carve without too much pain.
I received a request for a set of hand carved spoons last summer and I attempted to make the spoons using a whittling knife and a set of hook knives. It didnt work out and my hands hurt for months afterwards.
Fast forward to last week: I was looking at a catalogue that I get ever once in a while that consists of hand carving tools and in the catalogue was a selection of draw knives. These are knife blades, typically 5 - 11 inches in length with a handle on both ends instead of on only one end of the blade and I decided that carving with both hands at the same time might be the way to carve something:
Here is a photo of how a drawknife is used. These types of carving knives are used to shape the exterior of an object:
Here is the blank after about 1 hour of carving:
This is the block about an hour later:
And of course there are always shavings to deal with:
Well, my hands arent hurting at all. Very good.Now tomorrow, we have the big problem to deal with: hollowing out the bowl of the spoon. That will have to be done with a hook knife, which is a knife with a single handle and thats going to be more difficult.
As its a holiday weekend in the US, Ill just be taking it easy this weekend but I probably will be working on the spoon and if I do, Ill post more photos.
Lets all take some time off this weekend and remember all the people who have served our country.
VW
Friday, April 1, 2016
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