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Just my most recent piece. It's basically a kuksa, at least in a broad sense. I started this one at a Scout event in May and wanted to get it done by the close of the year. The wood is ash. Originally it was going to be a fairly conventional kuksa design, but it had a very large crack which...

Hi folks, Been a while. Thought I'd get some thoughts on finish. Currently working on an ash kuksa that's nearly done (only started it in April...), so I'm thinking about what to finish it with. Normally I use regular walnut oil, but since I intend to use this to drink malt from (primarily if...

Hi all. Been a while... Some of you might remember that I made a cup some months ago from a piece of silver birch. I've been enjoying my drams from it ever since. On Wednesday I had a tipple from it, and afterwards I put water in it and left it a few minutes (no particular reason why), before...

Watch out; arboreal ignoramus about... So, today I went and visited my parents. In their garden, where I spent much of my happy childhood, they have an elder tree. They also have conifer hedges. Or, that's what they've always referred to them as, but a quick Google search revealed to me that...

Been working on this on and off since not long after Boxing Day when I picked up the piece of silver birch from which I cut it. (the rest will hopefully make some more things. :)) I made it with my Opinel, mostly, and used my Mora 164 (huge thanks to Bardster for the work he did on it) for the...

As I posted in my other thread, I bought a 164 after Christmas. I gather from a quick search that some of these come sharp from the factory, but a lot don't (or so it would seem), and mine firmly fits in the latter category! When I received it, it was a curvy butter spreader... :p So far, I'm...

As per above really - Trying to get a decent edge on the 164 I bought a month or so ago. Been using Ben Orford's tutorial and method, but I don't have scrap leather kicking around. Thusly, my question: Any suggestions of where I can get some? Preferably in appropriate/non-excessive quantities...

Hi fellas, So I'm fairly new to all this stuff, really. Been whittling since I was a wee lad, was a Scout. Never did anything other than whittling sticks and making fires, though. Recently been getting back into it, and wanting to have a go at kuksas and such.... Anyway, that's what I...

Hello! My name isn't Simon, incidentally; I post on other (non-related) forums under a derivative of my real name, so a weak attempt to prevent the sinister overlords of the internet from hunting me down was in order... Anyway, I'm really a slightly overgrown boy whittler getting back into...