No, I'm not sure I do entirely. I think I've been cutting one way and then the other. Care to explain it a bit more, friend?
The state of my knife is such that I can still slice paper, so it's still sharp, no?
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Lord of the Rings Themed Spoon
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The state of my knife is such that I can still slice paper, so it's still sharp, no?
Looking at the video,
1. Your spoon knife is blunt, it seems to be scraping the wood out of the bowl, not cutting.
2. Your technique is dangerous,
3. You seem to be trying to take too much wood off at once.
1. Sharpen your tools, strop as well, blunt tools make it harder to work and are dangerous.
2. Cut away from anything you don't want to lose. Severed tendons are not funny.
3. When you're carving, less is more. If you don't want tool marks on the finished piece, shave off more smaller cuts, not less large ones.
1. Your spoon knife is blunt, it seems to be scraping the wood out of the bowl, not cutting.
2. Your technique is dangerous,
3. You seem to be trying to take too much wood off at once.
1. Sharpen your tools, strop as well, blunt tools make it harder to work and are dangerous.
2. Cut away from anything you don't want to lose. Severed tendons are not funny.
3. When you're carving, less is more. If you don't want tool marks on the finished piece, shave off more smaller cuts, not less large ones.
First off that's a really awesome spoon. very unique!
The problem your having with the bowl is exactly the problem I was having during the summer. after i gave my spoon knife a good sharpening i stopped having this problem.
As others have said and I have only learned recently, if you make much smaller cuts you tend to have lees of those nicks and bumps.
don't know if either of these are the issue but hope this helps
Ste
P.s. AlWAYS cut away from yourself!
The problem your having with the bowl is exactly the problem I was having during the summer. after i gave my spoon knife a good sharpening i stopped having this problem.
As others have said and I have only learned recently, if you make much smaller cuts you tend to have lees of those nicks and bumps.
don't know if either of these are the issue but hope this helps
Ste
P.s. AlWAYS cut away from yourself!
you can cut towards yourself no problem you just have to make sure you do it in such a way that you can't cut yourself, this video shows it quite well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2YwcyNlReI
make sure your tools are as sharp as you can get them and make lots of little cuts until you get more experienced, also I find it helps if you avoid carving 'uphill'
cheers
Matt
make sure your tools are as sharp as you can get them and make lots of little cuts until you get more experienced, also I find it helps if you avoid carving 'uphill'
cheers
Matt
just wanted to point out that in my (very small amount!) experience, using your thumb as a stopper(?) for the knife coming down towards your hand (hope this makes sense) does not mean that you can't cut yourself, having used this technique and ended up with the point of my carver lodged in my hand after my thumb slipped.
I have only been carving for a year or so, so will bow down to those with more wisdom just my two pence worth.
Ste
Ok, see if this helps:
[video=youtube;TYslcfqhblk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYslcfqhblk&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Thanks for the video, Stew. Did you make this yourself? I appreciate it very much if so. It's very well presented.
I did make it, specific for this thread. Glad it made sense. Would have been harder to do in just text and pictures. You're lucky I did a gfew takes - had my kids around and one was honking a horn throughout on one!
Having taken a break from the spoon and letting it dry, and watching Stew's video, I went back to it with gentle shavings, clearing off most of the ridges from the opposite direction and it seems to have neatened up the spoon quite a bit. It's flatter, anyway and I'm happy with it, aside from a couple of ridges that are actually a part of the wood that I can't remove for some reason. I still can't get it completely flush though. What I mean by that is in certain light conditions you can see the knife marks. I'd like it all to be on the same plane, but is that even possible? I'm fine with it as it is, but I'm just wondering if I can make it neater.
Thanks.
Edit: And also, is there any difference in apply oiling to a tooled finish or can I just go ahead and put some on? Would like to know if tooled implements are different to sanded in any way.
Thanks.
Edit: And also, is there any difference in apply oiling to a tooled finish or can I just go ahead and put some on? Would like to know if tooled implements are different to sanded in any way.
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