How I make woven sloyd / carving knife sheaths from green plane shavings | Greenwoodworking projects
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I'll share with you how to make woven sloyd knife sheaths, when (like me) you don't have access to any birch bark. The weaving technique is exactly the same, but the steps to prepare the weavers and stringers are very different. If you don't have the tools to make the shavings, skip to the weaving portion of the video, and just cut up some cardboard milk cartons (I prefer bonsoy) into strips to suit your knife, as this works just fine.
You will need a plane, and the iron needs to be very sharp for this to work. A low angle plane is best, as it fractures the shavings less as they come out of the throat. I show how to use both a wooden jointer plane (my preference) and a low angle block plane, to show that whatever plane you have will work, with some skill involved. You don't need an axe for this, but it speeds up making the blank.
Wood selection:
I've used poplar and birch successfully for this. I've tried ash, and it didn't work. It's important to find a good straight grained piece, any knots or wavy grain and it won't work.
Your wood should be very fresh / green so it bends easily without splintering. Once it dries out, it will shrink a little into a nice tight fit on the blade. You can test it on the blade while it's green, but wait for it to fully dry before using it - to avoid rust.
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Littlebear Slöjd is Julian's Spooncarving business. Littlebear refers to Ursa Minor, and Ursula, which is his Daughter's middle name. Slöjd (Anglicised as "Sloyd") is the Swedish word for practical and useful handcrafts. It also refers to an educational philosophy about teaching wood and leather craft, especially wood carving, to young people.
Julian is a certified wooden spoon tragic and has carved hundreds of spoons since picking up the hobby on a trip to Canada. He also has a bachelors degree in history, with research into spoon carving in Wales for his final project. Joining together the craft of spoon carving and the study of material culture history is his way to rediscover the role of the wooden spoon in the household. Julian uses his spoons every day and encourages others to make functional objects and do the same.
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Cool idea, never thought about it :)
I have seen examples using birch bark, and I have seen demos. I never was sure that I knew how to do it. Now I think I do and will be trying this in wood and in birch bark.
Great, thanks for showing us. Take care.
Thanks!
awesome video thanks for sharing!!!!
Hey! I've used plane shavings for weaving projects too. Works great! You can put them in a kettle of boiling water, then flatten them under a weight and weave into shape. You can't use PVA glue or you'll end up with a blob of plastic, but hide glue works great. I made some translucent basket weave veneer for a lamp.
Cool! I've seen @paskmakes also use shavings to make veneer, it's a cool idea. I didn't need to use boiling water for this project as the shavings were wet enough already just from being fresh. I'll try weaving something bigger next time. I'm thinking edge covers for my chisels and gouges.
@@jones_trees_and_treen weaving larger things is annoying and difficult when the shavings want to curl up, that's why I straighten them
Your videos are incredible, your most recent one of you carving a spoon was beautifully relaxing and calming
Thanks :~)
Thanks for tutorial 👍
Definitely going to try this! Thanks Julian!
Nice!
Firstly thanks for the video. I have a quick question , I don't have tools or so to get shavings. But just curious do you think Palm Tree leaves is also OK to use for such a project ?
Do you let this dry before storing the knife in it? I am wondering if the green wood would rust the knife blade?
What I typically do is put a coat of oil on the blade then let the sheath dry on the blade. Helps with the fit. But it's fine to let it dry off the blade, it might warp a bit that's all
Great video! , I did this for my knife but in birch bark. I just wounder if you will ever make a tutorial for this but for the axe or have any links / tips how to do it.
I've never tried. I think I saw a birch bark axe mask in one of Rune Bertram-Nielsen's videos, though.
@@jones_trees_and_treen Will cheak it out.
This is off topic but I do look at your low bench a lot in the videos where you are using it or it is present. I’m in the process of planning one for myself. Did you decide on the location for your vise based just on where a front vise would go on a standing bench? I know that is is highly dependent on what you want to make as well. Wonderful video, I look forward to making some of these sheaths for my knives!
I actually ended up taking the vise off, you'll see it's gone in my newer videos. If I mounted one again I would put it on the end not on the face, but I don't think this style of bench really needs one. I use holdfast and wooden handscrew clamps instead.
Rex Kruger has a couple videos on similar low benches in his "Woodworking for Humans" series. He installed (and, IIRC, later removed) a vice in that location. Might be worth checking out.
Yup I do love Rex’s videos - actually a patron. I guess I’m looking for an excuse to put a vise on it when I do build it, though you certainly don’t need one on it. I may try it just to see what I think, and then go from there. One thing I thought that it would be useful for is a quick way to hold wider pieces that I am augering out the center of when making shrink pots, but of course there are other ways of accomplishing that as well. Thanks!