Spoon carving is my current obsession, with many vids watched and books read. One vid source is Barn the Spoon, who has a vid showing how he bends a longer-bladed Mora carving knife into a shallow curve to better finish spoon bowls to a very smooth finish with knives alone (no sanding or scraping).
He bends the Mora knife blade by hitting it with a hammer as its held over the edge of his axe block, whilst mentioning that this risks breaking the blade. I bet!
Does anyone have a better suggestion about how a carbon steel 3 - 4 inch Mora (or any other 2 -3mm thick) knife blade might be slightly bent into a curve for carving inside shallow concave forms? (Preferably without involving any heating)?
Thanks for any advice (or warnings) you can give.
He bends the Mora knife blade by hitting it with a hammer as its held over the edge of his axe block, whilst mentioning that this risks breaking the blade. I bet!
Does anyone have a better suggestion about how a carbon steel 3 - 4 inch Mora (or any other 2 -3mm thick) knife blade might be slightly bent into a curve for carving inside shallow concave forms? (Preferably without involving any heating)?
Thanks for any advice (or warnings) you can give.