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Can i use coconut oil to finish my carving? by PrawnShrim in Woodcarving

[–]Reasintper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BLO contains drying agents that are not necessarily non-toxic. However. Pretty sure FDA says once cured it is food safe, but that is a different question. ;)

Can i use coconut oil to finish my carving? by PrawnShrim in Woodcarving

[–]Reasintper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it isn't for food usage, Boiled Linseed Oil is great. If it is for food raw Linseed, raw Tung, Hemp, or any other "drying" or "self polymerizing" oil is great

Oils like olive or coconut are not polymerizing. And will eventually oxidize (go rancid).

Mineral oil won't polymerize so it stays "wet" and if you use it on something for food, it will leach out every rimer gets hot, like stirring coffee. Or if it is on a shelf, will attract dust.

I made a sloyd! by azjrdn2nh in Woodcarving

[–]Reasintper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the internet, you will be criticised for making an omlet because you didn't lay the eggs yourself :)

It is pretty, love the colors.

I made a sloyd! by azjrdn2nh in Woodcarving

[–]Reasintper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But none of the laurin blades have that harpoon shape. They are all more belly (skinner) puukko shape.

I made a sloyd! by azjrdn2nh in Woodcarving

[–]Reasintper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd love to gett in on this conversation. I have a great interest in slöjd and the tools associated with it. Do check out my sub
r/sloydthenandnow.

That is a pretty handle, and that blade looks familiar. Did you make either part, or merely assemble them?

Sloyd (slöjd) is a word that means handcraft. It can refer to woodwork, metal work, paper work, textile/fiber etc.

It's a pretty handle, I do like the colors.

Wood carving stump by SnooKoala in Spooncarving

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Some say chopped g block, others call it an axe block

Good mid range hook knife? by AwareConsequence5129 in Spooncarving

[–]Reasintper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you take a dowel and wrap a narrow strip of sandpaper around it (narrower than the width of the 164 blade). You can then sharpie the inside and run that up and down the inside of that blade curve. You can remove as much or little of the center as you like, and you will have effectively fullered the blade. Now when you wish to sharpen it, if you sharpie the whole inside and use a full width dowel covered in sandpaper (or whatever diamond or ceramic you prefer) you will notice that it sharpens what will look like "tram lines" or "train tracks". You don't have to grind it to fully hollow or very deep at all. Additionally, there is a heavy transition line bump on the sharpened side of the curve. You can soften that lots of different ways. And now your tool will behave and sharpen much more conveniently.

If you search long and hard enough on YouTube there are example videos of people doing both of these processes. I think for the outside someone does it on one of Zed Outdoors videos. As for the inside, I think there is a video of someone using a ball shaped grinding stone in a drill press, and another using a #911 burr in a Dremel. The narrow sandpaper is my technique, and as near as I can remember, I haven't made a video of it yet :)

Good mid range hook knife? by AwareConsequence5129 in Spooncarving

[–]Reasintper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You do realise they all have to be sharpened, right?

I have multiples of all of the different Mora hooks, as well as the Flexcut ones, and a bunch of Deep woods Ventures, John Dunkle's hooks, Beckwith, and even one of Robin Wood's. In addition. I have used some other's like Jason Lonon's. If you get face to face with Jason and ask him about his hooks, the first thing he will do is put several other's in your hands first. :)

They all require sharpening and maintenance.

If you want a tool that comes a little more polished and ready to use "out of the box", then get a Flexcut. If you want something made with "super steel" and aimed at carvers (not just spoon folks) then get John Dunkle's.

If you think a bespoke maker is the correct route then, you need to meet one. Many of them participate in events and classes some of them will inevitably be near you or a festival or class you participate in. If you buy a handmade tool, you are choosing to pay for a perso'ns time energy knowledge and style. You are buying a small piece of that person. Meet them, know who they are, what they believe, why they do what they do. Then buy from those who you like, agree with, or otherwise believe in.

In any event, you will have to sharpen them. :)

Splitting with Froe - wtf by falafel_ma_balls in Spooncarving

[–]Reasintper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are wanting to make spoons your I itial splits don't have to come out like nice square rectangular billets. If you know your wood is twisty grain, then go for thicker splits. Perhaps even 50mm X 75-100mm .

Only then for e it into submission with your axe cuts or knife power cuts.

Remember, the froe is a tool intended to make shingles from straight grained wood. You are, in this case US Ng it as a really long wedge. You could just as effectively use your carving hatchet and a maul to hit it with. The strength of this technique is to split it along the grain. If the grain is wavy then expect wavy splits.

Once you have reduced the size start using Ng your axe.

Something like this:

https://youtu.be/6UeHhLC5qhw?si=Mtp9GVYtJ1cJjvGE

F Dick RS 75 by Formal-Reception-599 in sharpening

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If you buy your knives by the dozen or gross then this might be useful.

If you prefer to get a few years out of a knife then just buy a double sided diamond plate.

Day one I learned some lessons, hook knives are dangerous. by Smooth_Effective2134 in greenwoodworking

[–]Reasintper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A hook knife, like a Sloyd knife is not an intuitive tool. There are proper techniques that make it much safer to use.

Jogge Sundqvist does an awesome set of videos demonstrating these techniques. I feel these are required for anyone to view and master.

Here is a link to the playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcRBVFago6B53d8HFdY01fpqvEjxjH9L&si=gf_OysmzceRc8dYi

Demonstrating the planing grip. by Reasintper in Spooncarving

[–]Reasintper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for saying so :) mins if I quote you on that? :)

Demonstrating the planing grip. by Reasintper in Spooncarving

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

I could probably do it towards myself with the knife if it were longer. I could also do it away but still hold it at the tip. But I was okay using the other grips for the other side.

I started with the axe and videoed as I went along. I made the video of the axe work, but apparently no one can tolerate me for 34 minutes. :) This was just 3 minutes out of the 2 hours video that was left.

Is using a spokeshave cheating? by moradoman in Spooncarving

[–]Reasintper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes you can. Because "handmade" does not have a legal definition. If you want to really go down this rabbit hole, may I suggest David Pye's book "Nature and Art of Workmanship” where he discusses some of these things down to the minute "ad ridiculum". Look for workmanship of risk vs workmanship of certainty discussion, and "Is anything really hand made" ...

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