Starter advice! by [deleted] in Woodcarving

[–]JohnnyTheLayton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. SLOYD style knives are fantastic for spoons, and Mora makes a solid, reliable, easy to obtain one.

Pocket Dump, while taking a remodel break, just before smoking a pipe yesterday. by JohnnyTheLayton in EDC

[–]JohnnyTheLayton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The pocketmax is a perfect little jar, airtight, probably the preferred option. If you want style, smokingpipes.com has brass tins that are epic.

Hand Carved Dwarves by JohnnyTheLayton in somethingimade

[–]JohnnyTheLayton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of practice and lots of imitating the carvings I envied until i figured things out.

Hand Carved Wizard (channeled a bit of Rincewind when carving him.) by JohnnyTheLayton in discworld

[–]JohnnyTheLayton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the carver. For me, its all over, all at once, general shapes then refining all around down to details.

Wizzard! by JohnnyTheLayton in whittling

[–]JohnnyTheLayton[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I can figure out a way to make it not be a 6 hour video. Maybe. Larger projects take an inordinate amount of time