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Finally got the axe finished that I forged and donated as a prize at the Wilderness Gathering earlier this year, my usual striker was ill so I had guest strikers wielding the sledge for me, all the axes came out well in the end ( made one each day) Picture shows the axe in my test handle...

I'm getting ready for the European Woodworking show - Cressing Temple Barns in Essex - this weekend. A great event and stunning venue, I'll be there with my oversized striker forging axes and adzes, do come over and say hello if you make it up there. A few I have got ready for the show this...

Had a few requests for info on these tools that I make. I guess this may sail pretty close to the rules on advertising, if so my apologies, but I have none to sell at the moment, and as I say it was requested. First up an image of the adzes I make: These are mild steel bodies with a...

A couple of scoops and a morrocan style eating spoon. Birch bowl with a bark inclusion that had me cursing.

A batch I have finished this week. Needed to make the oval one for delivery at the Bushcraft Magazine Meet this weekend so did a few more as its a rare event my hands are clean enough for woodwork. Two blades in laburnum with bolsters are bearing steel laminates. larger one in Mulberry is...

Have been looking into welsh Cawl spoons recently; nice to start from a design that has origins in this country. Not copied directly from any but influenced by some seen at St Fagans and others made by my friend Andrew Jones. Made from a horrible piece of willow, on the larger one I had real...

Spent the weekend at St Fagans and took a spin around some of the houses looking at spoons; the very wide style caught my eye so I thought I would have a go at one, made a more scandinavian one as well. Heavily spalted silver birch; too far gone really but looks striking. 'welsh' spoon is not at...

Well one is posh, the other isn't finished; made these at a show this weekend. I am sure they could be of great use in a survival situation, a sense of decorum would be sure to revive flagging spirits.

Finished this bowl Yesterday; actually started it at woodfest last weekend lots of people including Bardster had a hand in roughing it out. But the real find was the chest protector that Bardster gave me at woodfest- Brilliant for pointy shapes like this- you can see how the leather...

So I made these today: and another spatula Also finished off a bowl knife; I made a couple for Baggy a while back and thought I needed to try one out myself. The wrap is embroidery thread sealed with epoxy.

And a spoon.

Made this spoon last night- 15" long in willow, from a crook so very little short grain. I carved the bowl out with a Twca Cam similar to these ones, these are 50 and 60mm diameter. And the new version of my Fawcett blades- these have been out on test for a while now...

I have been doing a fair amount of greenwood work recently; to some extent it is a by product of testing the tools I have made. I spent a couple of days at a show alongside Bardster a while back, I got to have a look and a go on his SD adze. I rejigged the handle on my own one and finally it...

Was making some larger blades for Baggy this week and took the chance to play about with some variations came up with these two, one constant curve the other with a compound curve but still symmetrical. Did a left and right just to see which suits me best. To give you some idea of scale longest...

For the last few years I have found that charcloth made from yellow duster to be the best; but the last three packs of ten, al from different shops I have bought have not worked at all. They go black and crispy rather than the flexible slightly grey that I am used to. Anybody know of any branded...

I have been trying to make some relevent stock for the wilderness gathering this year- Do you think I am on the right tracks? I haven't included uprights as I assume that if there is fuel for a fire then it won't be two difficult to find a couple of forked sticks. Nic

Have really got the bug for spoons, made this one over the weekend. From Birch- roughed it out with an axe to speed things up a bit. Find it a bit hard to make the tranistion for wood to steel. I would normally make a spoon flat then put the s-curve in last. Can't do that with wood. Still, just...

I have recently been making quite a few carving blades and spoon knives; we went camping Friday night so I took the opportunity to actually have a go at carving a spoon. Made from Green Hazel, I split a branch roughly in half with an axe then carved the rest with a knife, it was a little long...

I have looked in on here from time to time ( more often when BB is down:)) have decided to join and participate. I post as nic on BB and recognise quite a few from there. I am a blacksmith, nost of my work is ornamental, but always hadforged,. I have been moving into toolmaking/ knives more...