What a great day.

[Kepis]

Been a superb day today, firstly, the Postman bought me a couple of packages, one of which contained these lovelies

A new Wildlife hatchet and a Hans Karlsson 30-55 Gouge.

So having had my days work postponed and as the sun was shining (for a change), i took the opportunity to finish off a couple of bowls i had started.

First one is made from Ash, and is the section i removed when i made my Bowl Horse, i had previously roughed it out with the adze, but have been waiting for the gouge to arrive before i could do any more work on it

Once i had finished the inside, i used the Wildlife to refine the exterior shape and surfaces, once the rough shape had been achieved, it was down to knife work and then onto the shave horse for final smoothing with a draw knife, I think it turned out alright in the end?

with a two Pence piece for scale

i then turned my attention to the Willow bowl i started a few weeks back, this one has a tooled surface both inside and out, it still needs a good deal of fine carving to finish it off

All in all a quality day.

 

[Gailainne]

Well executed work as usual Kepis, lovely stuff, that gouge is a cracker, what is it? 1 1/4" 1 1/2" wide? did you have to profile or hone it before you used it?

 

[Kepis]

cheers mate, the gouge is 30mm wide and was razor sharp and ready to go straight from the box

 

[Shewie]

Very nice Mark, I keep meaning to try a long bowl like that

 

[Biker]

That gouge looks the biz! Love the work you do mate, it's really top notch stuff.

 

[monkey boy]

very nice work as always mate

 

[Kepis]

cheers chaps.

@Rich - have a go mate, they are fairly easy to do

@Biker - thanks mate, just need to try and sell a few of the bowls ive got hanging around now.

@MonkeyBoy - Thanks mate, will try to remember to bring the adze to a Meet so you can have a go.

 

[Harvestman]

Yeah, they look passable... <envious sigh>

 

[Kepis]

Yeah, they look passable... <envious sigh>

Says he with a truly superbly turned Sycamore bowl

Cheers mate

 

[Harvestman]

Well thank you, but I regard turning on a powered lathe (where the lathe does all the work and you can sand something within an inch of its life in next to no time, thereby getting out all the tool marks that show your rubbish technique) as vastly inferior to carving one out by hand.

Besides, my turning doesn't stand comparison with most other turners that I've seen either.

It was a nice bit of wood, though.

I aspire to your carving skills

 

[Kepis]

Well thank you, but I regard turning on a powered lathe (where the lathe does all the word and you can sand something within an inch of its life in next to no time, thereby getting out all the tool marks that show your rubbish technique) as vastly inferior to carving one out by hand.

Besides, my turning doesn't stand comparison with most other turners that I've seen either.

It was a nice bit of wood, though.

I aspire to your carving skills

Thanks mate, maybe true, but it was still a superb bowl you made, you have the skill for sure

 

[Rockmonkey]

Nice tools, beutiful bowls!
Well done!

RM

 

[Kepis]

Nice tools, beutiful bowls!
Well done!

RM

cheers ears

 

[grey-array]

Lovely stuff Kepis, and lovely tools too
I always love your style, so nice and pure!
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[Kepis]

Thanks Ruud

 

[jackcbr]

Nice work, a day well spent.

 

[Kepis]

Nice work, a day well spent.

cheers mate, it was nice to sit outside in the sunshine for a change

 

[jackcbr]

Are you off to te meet this time?

 

[Kepis]

Not sure at the moment

 

[jackcbr]

Same here, home pressures and all that. Was hoping to maybe get a bit of your string and some bow drill advice. Also nice to insult you to your face as well, oh and catch up :You_Rock_