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Green woodworking

Your first spoon carving tools (buying advice)

March 5, 2016

Update 2018: I’ve used a bunch of new tools since I wrote this. I’ll be adding them to the list. This guide is aimed towards those who are planning on buying their first green woodworking tools. It can be difficult to find out what you should buy. You are often torn between three main, and […]

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How to make a leather thimble

February 24, 2016

Update: since writing the post below my ideas on carving safety have changed. I no longer believe it’s a good idea to use a thimble, or any type of extra protection while carving. They can encourage unsafe carving practices. If you use unsafe techniques this thimble won’t protect you. You’ll carve straight through it, one […]

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How to make food safe oil paint

February 17, 2016
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Tea kuksa’s

November 16, 2014

A Kuksa – or Guksi in Finnish, kåsa in Swedish – is a traditional wooden drinking cup. It is usually made out of birch, usually its burl (a bulbous random growth on the tree). They are quite large, and burl is quite difficult to come by and to carve. I recently got a nice burl to […]

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Spoons, scoops and ladles (fall 2014)

November 15, 2014

These are some pictures of the spoons I made the last months. Most have a sanded or scraped finish.

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My essential green woodworking tool chest

August 11, 2014

Last summer I wrote a post about building a Japanese tool chest, to take some tools with me while traveling. Over the last year I’ve done a lot of green woodworking. I’ve learned a lot about wood and the tools that are needed to turn that wood into things. I’ve carved a bunch of spoons, […]

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More spoons (summer 2014)

August 7, 2014

Some pictures of this summer’s spoon harvest.

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