Kolrosing
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robin wood
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Great stuff Wayland,
I really like what you have done to the kuksa. I think it is easy to overdo this sort of decoration but that is beautiful.
Good info and a short tutorial on kolrosing on Del Stubbs site here. http://www.pinewoodforge.com/kolrosing.html
I really like what you have done to the kuksa. I think it is easy to overdo this sort of decoration but that is beautiful.
Good info and a short tutorial on kolrosing on Del Stubbs site here. http://www.pinewoodforge.com/kolrosing.html
Ya Im not going to jump right in a butcher my cheap kuksa. But I will work on it before I get anywhere near my new kuksa with a knife.
Beautiful and delicate, I thought it was a burning tool at first and I was going to ask you what grade your tip was, but a knife and cinnamon powder! Ingenious! I really like that poem as well 
Good link there Robin.
I'm surprised that this technique is not better known as it requires so little equipment and can be taught / learned so easily.
Saw this thread - had to have a go!
I chose to decorate a sppon I have had for a while (which has a thickish handle - just in case what I did was no success...) and did this sitting in front of my computer (like the table?)with the knife that lives there (Buck Radius - I think) then following Waylands Cinnamon and oil method (I used Flax seed..)
I am not horrified by the result (another prezzie sorted for next Xmas our house rules state that all next years must be home made) and I am keen to have some more fun with this.
However...I found out that curves are very hard to get right, a short blade would probably be more suitable, knots in the wood spoil the look a bit and that mistakes are there for ever!
On the plus side - it is simple, quick, effective, permanent decoration - that smells good!
thanks for starting this thread Wayland!
I chose to decorate a sppon I have had for a while (which has a thickish handle - just in case what I did was no success...) and did this sitting in front of my computer (like the table?)with the knife that lives there (Buck Radius - I think) then following Waylands Cinnamon and oil method (I used Flax seed..)
I am not horrified by the result (another prezzie sorted for next Xmas our house rules state that all next years must be home made) and I am keen to have some more fun with this.
However...I found out that curves are very hard to get right, a short blade would probably be more suitable, knots in the wood spoil the look a bit and that mistakes are there for ever!
On the plus side - it is simple, quick, effective, permanent decoration - that smells good!
thanks for starting this thread Wayland!
I've been busy again.
I fancied tarting up the trenchers I use for my Pirate talks so here they are.
I fancied tarting up the trenchers I use for my Pirate talks so here they are.
....ye gads!....a fine pair o trenchin's they be...by no mistake!An' A bottle o' 'INDIAMAN RUM' t' boot......Me eyes be green sah......GREEN I tells ye!.
Thank ye Cap'n the starboard un be based on period patterns an the larboard un, with the salt hole be a bit more creative like.
Very nice indeed Gary, that's some really nice work there.
I like the one with the salt hole especially.
I like the one with the salt hole especially.
Whittler Kev
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Very nice work!
On my "projects list" I have "a wooden plate" - about number 6 on the list - you have given me fresh inspiration!
On my "projects list" I have "a wooden plate" - about number 6 on the list - you have given me fresh inspiration!
That's the one I'll be using in schools, the other one is going to be mostly my outdoor plate / chopping board and is the one you saw me with at the last Midland meet.
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Wow you've just saved me having to learn how to pyrograph properly!
lol i'll explain in a post soon enough i'll still learn how to pyro but at least i can take my time with it now. this is so simple its just perfect.
lol i'll explain in a post soon enough
i'll still learn how to pyro but at least i can take my time with it now. this is so simple its just perfect.
Wayland
Got me interested in having a go, so I tried my first spoon, out of a piece of cherry firewood.
Bit rough and ready but there you go.
Got me interested in having a go, so I tried my first spoon, out of a piece of cherry firewood.
Bit rough and ready but there you go.
Also loved your rune writing, so next I had a go at making my first kuska, from a small birch branch in our garden.
It was rough to start with, but I felt it would feel better smooth, so out came the paper.
I wrote in runes, but couldn't see them, so to make them more visible, used Van Dyck walnut crystals, then walnut oil to seal the cup.
Having driven to the Sahara in May, the runes say 'Water is Life', which was apt.
Also 'The road goes ever on', a nod to our overlanding in a 1968 carawagon and also one of my favourite LPs by Mountain.
Yes, I am that old. Should have taken up whittling earlier, but better late than never.
It's not so good, but as it's my first effort, hopefully it will be my favourite!
Thanks for the inspiration, Wayland.
It was rough to start with, but I felt it would feel better smooth, so out came the paper.
I wrote in runes, but couldn't see them, so to make them more visible, used Van Dyck walnut crystals, then walnut oil to seal the cup.
Having driven to the Sahara in May, the runes say 'Water is Life', which was apt.
Also 'The road goes ever on', a nod to our overlanding in a 1968 carawagon and also one of my favourite LPs by Mountain.
Yes, I am that old. Should have taken up whittling earlier, but better late than never.
It's not so good, but as it's my first effort, hopefully it will be my favourite!
Thanks for the inspiration, Wayland.
Sorry, it took me a while to get some pictures taken but here you go.
The Kuksa is included to provide some scale and also show how it has aged.
The Kuksa is included to provide some scale and also show how it has aged.
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