I've not been bushcrafting or carving much these past few weeks as I had about 1cm of my right index finger bitten off by a dog
In my despair at losing the tip of my dominant hand's index finger (one of the most used parts of my body), I thought this crafting game was over - but now it's had chance to heal somewhat - I've stopped being silly and the other day I began work on a style of spoon that was the last type of spoon I carved before the incident.
The larger one was the last spoon carved pre-incident, and the smaller one post-incident. Carved and sanded down through the grains I'm now pondering on what kind of oil to maximise grain contrast and to still be useable for eating off...boiled walnut? Tung? any ideas?
The Holly was a pleasure to carve, holding a nice firm edge and once sanded, they feel substantial and well weighted. The design came from my much loved book Green Woodworking by Drew Langsner, which has many good green woodworking projects in. Woodland pioneers in a week which I am looking forward to immensely.
In my despair at losing the tip of my dominant hand's index finger (one of the most used parts of my body), I thought this crafting game was over - but now it's had chance to heal somewhat - I've stopped being silly and the other day I began work on a style of spoon that was the last type of spoon I carved before the incident.
The larger one was the last spoon carved pre-incident, and the smaller one post-incident. Carved and sanded down through the grains I'm now pondering on what kind of oil to maximise grain contrast and to still be useable for eating off...boiled walnut? Tung? any ideas?
The Holly was a pleasure to carve, holding a nice firm edge and once sanded, they feel substantial and well weighted. The design came from my much loved book Green Woodworking by Drew Langsner, which has many good green woodworking projects in. Woodland pioneers in a week which I am looking forward to immensely.
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