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I was on good terms with the local council's parks and open spaces department. I used to see some of the workers regularly when walking my dog. If they were clearing fallen trees, or maintaining paths then I would often ask, and be told that it was no problem to take a little for my carving...

That is a nicely designed spreading tool. For some reason I want to make a similarly shaped knife out of tool steel - it would be a handy workshop marking knife.

Looks pretty good to me!

Good job! It's quite addictive once you get into the swing of it.

Nice! Lucky that you scored such a lot of beeswax for a good price. But you could add just a little beeswax to paraffin wax to get just a hint of the nice smell, if you didn't have so much beeswax to play with.

Love the necklace, very manly jewellery! The notebook is fantastic too! (as is the scoop)

Not seen many spoons on here in a while. Glad to see that you have not lost your touch! Great job.

That is some pretty good carving sir! Merry Christmas

It's getting close to Christmas (as if you needed reminding), and as we are entertaining my sister and her family on the big day, my thoughts turned to crackers. It doesn't seem to matter how much you spend, it seems that all crackers contain, basically, a load of tat. So I managed to get a...

Very smart and stylish! Good job.

Another low space workholding solution is a Swedish lap vice. Basically a thick board with a couple of holes in it, and a loop of rope going through the holes. Place the board on your lap, put the workpiece in the loop, and pull the other end of the loop with your feet to tighten the work...

Nice bit of engineering! Looks sturdy and fit for purpose.

Superb! Looks to be a useful size too. What do you keep in yours?

Awesome carving skills! Wish I could carve like that.

Tidy work! Although they are purely decorative, my favourites have to be the mushrooms.

Your tutorial is well written and easy to follow. One of your simpler knots, I found it easy to replicate, and it is quite decorative too.

Nice knife! Simple elegant design, lovely wood.

Looks very pretty! That courgette doesn't stand a chance.

Superb carving! Cherry does make for a lovely spoon. Interesting baguette carving - is that technically a breadspirit?

Great work! I love the Mr Fox bookmark, and those coat hooks are very good - elegant and organic without looking too rustic!