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Today I improved my wood splitting experience a lot by using a car tire to hold the wood. After noticing how I spent a lot more time bending over to pick up wood after every swing, or trying to balance pieces, I figured I`d have a go at this method I`d seen online: constructing a car tire...

Maybe he heard about feather sticks and wants to see what all the fuzz is about? Here are some more shots, and a little bit of background story.

With all the brilliant carving and green woodwork being posted on here this week I thought I may as well chip in and show some of the cups I have been carving over the past month. Two in Cherry: And some in Birch: Tooled finishes, and most are oiled with rapeseed oil. Thanks for...

Hello everyone, I`d like to share a trip report of my first ever solo overnighter. While I have camped many times before, I never ventured out alone. Last night I changed that. About two weeks ago I picked up a bargain: A McKinley tent for 30 euros. For that price I figured I couldn`t go wrong...

I think everybody has one: A favourite tree. Or, in my case, a list of favourite trees. Quite high up on my list is a massive red beech that grows in Clingendael, a park near my home. I have always loved this park for its old and iconic trees, and this beech is one of the prettiest and largest...

Hello everyone, Miss Socks and myself stumbled upon a large patch where there were many of these orange berries growing. We haven`t seen them before and wondered what they were. Google didn`t help us much either, so I`d like to call in the help lines here. The way they grow is a lot...

I am currently trying (against the odds) trying to see if I can get myself to this years spoonfest in Edale. I wondered how the trains in the UK work. Do I need to prebook, or can I just show up at a station (manchester airport?) and get a trainticket (to edale) there and then? Any help is...

The other week we found this birds nest in a rope coil that was stored in a barn at my uncles place. I thought it was really cool! It was quite desolated (we suspect it was last years nest). Is this the handiwork of a swallow you think?

I have gotten my hands on some tools here recently. From todays carboot sale I got a nice old balpeen hammer and a large auger. Not a bad deal for 6 pounds total :) . Also, when I helped a friend clearing out a house the other week I got some things they were about to throw out. Among these...

Last weekend my girlfriend and I went on the first camping trip of the year. We packed our bags and our bikes and did an overnighter in a small bit of nature-reserve in a place called "Hardinxveld-Giessendam". Unfortunately wildcamping as it is seen in other countries is not really possible in...

It is an incredibly nice day out here today, and I have taken a great walk through some local woods. The forest was full of flowers and birds, and I enjoyed myself very much. I stumbled upon two riddles that I`d like to share however. In both cases the question is: How did it get there? #1. The...

Last week I finished the second of five knives I am putting a handle on to get some practice. I decided it would be nice if I`d make an unidentical twin for the first knife. Here are some WIP-pictures. First I make the bolster by drilling some holes and filing out the slot with some needle...

A question for those that know about steel. I have this old meatcleaver that somebody at work has mistreated horribly before abandoning it. I have now adopted it and was hoping I could use the steel to make some small knives from. I do not know what steel it is. It only says "stainless" in...

I wanted to become better at making knifehandles, so I bought 5 Lauri blades from brisa to practice with. I made the first one this week, and am quite pleased with the outcome: I am quite pleased with it, but there are a couple of things I want to do differently (read: better) on the next...

I am really enjoying carving these. Monikieman was right when he mentioned that it gets addictive. The wood is sycamore, lightly oiled once for now. It`ll need to dry slowly. Let me know what you think! (constructive criticism is nearly as welcome as a constructive compliment:p) Thanks

There have been quite some people posting up their kuksas this week, and I got the drive to make one as well. Carved with axe, knife and spoon knife from sycamore. thanks for looking! :)

Hello all, I had some fun looking at some of my edges under 40x magnification, and it gives a nice insight in "sharp". I did a blogpost about it for those that are interested: http://axectly.blogspot.nl/2014/01/a-closer-look-at-sharp.html I hope it is interesting! Two Socks

I have been having some fun carving spreaders lately, and found that there is a bit more to what makes a good spreader than I initially thought. I hoped I could start a thread where people show spreaders/butter paddles they carved as an inspiration to myself and others. I always enjoy seeing...

Good afternoon all, I thought I`d share my new coffee cup/kuksa here. I carved it from sycamore and it is my largest cup to date. I will seal it using the boiled milk method on the inside and oil on the outside. Here are all the tools I used to carve it. And the finished product. All...