Home made adze for bowl carving

[JohnC]

Thanks Mary, I'll see how the home made thing goes first as there were a lot of references to leather scraps and charcoal and it sounded quite interesting to try. I'm also looking out for home made hardness tester, some sites around...

 

[wildrover]

Nice stuff John.

Great craftmanship and ingenuity.

Chris

 

[mrcharly]

Given Robin Wood's recent experience with bronze tools, I wonder if we are all too obsessive about highly-hardened tools and fine edges?

A hardened fine edge certainly makes a huge difference when working on seasoned wood, but he seems to be doing just fine on green hardwood with tools that aren't even as hard as mild steel.

 

[Magoo]

What a cracking idea, I'll be pinching that design :0)