Well Kari, I don't know if you ever go back and look at comments on your 10 year old videos... But I wanted to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" for these UA-cam posts. 10 years ago I wouldn't have been interested, but just tripped over your channel, and.. "Thanks". Watching you do the chip carving.. while 'not an expert' was quite fine. I just started and would be quite content to be as good as this video. :-) And the other videos... WWIA, Peter Folansbee... Yeah, very glad I found these, and that you posted them. :-)
That is basswood in the video. You can chip carve other woods such as cherry. You'll need to sharpen your knife more often with hardwoods, but it's doable.
I've been carving for several years. I have carved faces, Celtic spoons, relief, etc. I go to a carving class, but I only carve at class. I need to carve daily like when I first started. I'm going to work on chip carving. It's on my bucket list!
This is great. I'm trying to get into wood carving, and this is a great intro video. Really appreciate you taking the time to make a quality video like this.
This has inspired me to try this! However, no results are produced when I search for "primary" knives, and all the standard chip carving knives seemed to be bevelled. Can you tell me what I need to search for to find similar knives so I can get started?
This is the way you chip carve--with the board in your lap. Other forms of carving require you to clamp the wood so both of your hands are free. Not so with chip carving.
So, first of all - congrats for doing it this way but for me, this way is to complicated, griping the knife this way does not relax your hand and gives your muscles pain on the long term. Chip carve started hundreds of years on this lands (Romania today) and I study it since I was 7 (now I'm 28 years) in one of the multicultural centers available then. The knife is a little different than yours and allows the grip to be something like holding a pen (much more relaxing I can assure you) and most important, a griping position that allows really fine and exact cuts. What I'm trying to say here?, when I was doing this kind of art nobody gave a damn, now when I'm doing 3d animation I see more and more chip carve lovers... life is strange but trust me, I know what I'm saying and from time to time I chip carve myself. If you want to know more just hit a reply. Thank you.
I've tried to find it's technique but I didn't succeed. If you know other way in doing chip carve and is much simple why not use it?, the way you show it here is very hard to master it after long exercises I might say, the hand is not made to "work" this way. Maybe we could talk more on this if you like. Thanks
I'm confused by this video. You state that there should be no bevel on the knife and yet your still at 0.13 clearly shows a bevel. I would really like to get into chip carving and have seen a Flexcut chip carving knife (KN15) but am worried it isn't suitable. Can you take a look and clarify this for me? BTW, great video
I should have redone this video because that was an error on my part. There is a slight curve on both sides of the blade rather than just straight sides. When I bought the knife, it have sharp bevels that I rounded over until they were almost, but not entirely, flat.
kari, your video is *excellent.* one person in a million plans and scripts a video. i just discovered your vids, and i'll be a steady viewer. i notice that you never once said, "whatyouwannado, youwanna..." bless you bill price
Just found your videos. They are great, really. Good background music too. Have you stopped making them? Love the sound of your voice and the way you introduce and present your subjects. Hopefully, there will be more to come...
Hi - that is a good video! I'm guessing that you are working with basswood? That is not so easy to find where i'm living. Do you (or anyone reading this) have any suggestions on similar material? I'm just starting with carving and have so far just been using pine. It feels mostly soft and easy to handle (and cheap), but I think it has too much/big grains.
@@VillageCarpenter The handles are made of wood, and many chip carving knives come without the thumb facet referred to. I'm left-handed too, all I did was sand a flat on the correct side.
I question the perfect pinnacle statement as a blade that thin would break apart. Your knife has obvious rounded bevels seen at 0:13 and 1:05. Other than that, nice video. Spruce is also a nice wood to carve as I make violin tops from it and it carves very easily.
I double checked Wayne Barton's book and he has a pinnacle as the correct shape for the cutting edge, but it has a very slight bow to each side. My drawing should have been a hair "fatter" on the sides. you see rounded bevels on my knife because I didn't take my sharpening far enough.
Kari Hultman I should have watched the video again before I commented. I see at 0:39 you recommend a 10 degree bevel like many others, which is radically different from 0 degrees. I would go further and recommend not using a 10 degree knife on anything other than basswood or shaving your boyfriend. Still like the video, chip carving seems more suited for a designer than a woodworker with so little woodworking equipment involved. Being left handed I made my own. (I sharpen to 0.5 micron)
Thomas Hanson So far, I have chip carved cherry (not very easy), butternut (piece of cake), mahogany (glorious), and Swiss pear (not for the faint of heart). It can be done with wood other than basswood, but you want to be careful not to twist the blade or use it as a pick to dig out chips, because you will definitely mess up the cutting edge, if not snap the tip right off.
Kari Hultman i am happy to read this post about carving cherry and pear, two fairly hard woods. I now see the "thumb bevel" you mentioned in the video and will see if putting one on my just made chip carving knife will help in any way. Judging by the limited travel and direction of cuts involved, I deduced that the knives are very thin and made mine 0.040" thick. That's pretty thin.
Thanks, Jack. Basswood is excellent for carving. Pine is difficult because of the striations of dense grain. You'll find that your knife gets "stuck" when it hits the stripes of dense grain, and then skips through the rest. It makes for jagged cuts. If you can get ahold of sugar pine, however, that is awesome for carving.
Your vid is informative but I didn't finish watching it because the noise blasting at me between your instructions hurt my ears, other than that i liked it.
Happy new year!
Thank you so much for this vid. I've been looking for tutorials on carving cuts with palm tools. This was exactly what I needed.
Well Kari, I don't know if you ever go back and look at comments on your 10 year old videos... But I wanted to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" for these UA-cam posts. 10 years ago I wouldn't have been interested, but just tripped over your channel, and.. "Thanks". Watching you do the chip carving.. while 'not an expert' was quite fine. I just started and would be quite content to be as good as this video. :-) And the other videos... WWIA, Peter Folansbee... Yeah, very glad I found these, and that you posted them. :-)
This video kept me very interested. I enjoyed watching and learning. Thank you.
Thanks for this clearly-shot and well-explained video.
Exactly what I needed. Thanks !
Cool carvings, now I see how you decorated your handplane.
Thanks.
LOL “I’m just a beginner at this....” turns out amazing! Hahahah you make me laugh. Very well done!
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very very very good of job (100)
That is basswood in the video. You can chip carve other woods such as cherry. You'll need to sharpen your knife more often with hardwoods, but it's doable.
I've been carving for several years. I have carved faces, Celtic spoons, relief, etc. I go to a carving class, but I only carve at class. I need to carve daily like when I first started. I'm going to work on chip carving. It's on my bucket list!
I just began chip carving today using my grandma's old knives, this video helps a lot thank you
Tyler, I purchased my knives from Wayne Barton, www.chipcarving.com.
Kari Hultman
EXCELLENT VIDEO. THANK YOU!!!
Have you done any chip carving in wood that does not have a flat surface? Thanks.
The voice over is magnificent, and the info on the video is very useful!
Great and concise explanation of the technique. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Great tips. Never done chip carving but will do soon :)
This is great. I'm trying to get into wood carving, and this is a great intro video. Really appreciate you taking the time to make a quality video like this.
What kind of wood do you use?? It looks so soft
This has inspired me to try this! However, no results are produced when I search for "primary" knives, and all the standard chip carving knives seemed to be bevelled. Can you tell me what I need to search for to find similar knives so I can get started?
Which kind of would we use
My pleasure. :o)
This is the way you chip carve--with the board in your lap. Other forms of carving require you to clamp the wood so both of your hands are free. Not so with chip carving.
Best video I've seen so far 😍
Thank you, nice and clear and everything made sense.
Blow me down. That was good ! Pure poetry in motion. Thank you for a great vid. Inspirational+++
@chriscornelladdict The song is "Boys of Melody" by The Hidden Cameras.
You have whetted my appetite for beginning...Thank you
So, first of all - congrats for doing it this way but for me, this way is to complicated, griping the knife this way does not relax your hand and gives your muscles pain on the long term. Chip carve started hundreds of years on this lands (Romania today) and I study it since I was 7 (now I'm 28 years) in one of the multicultural centers available then. The knife is a little different than yours and allows the grip to be something like holding a pen (much more relaxing I can assure you) and most important, a griping position that allows really fine and exact cuts. What I'm trying to say here?, when I was doing this kind of art nobody gave a damn, now when I'm doing 3d animation I see more and more chip carve lovers... life is strange but trust me, I know what I'm saying and from time to time I chip carve myself. If you want to know more just hit a reply. Thank you.
I've tried to find it's technique but I didn't succeed. If you know other way in doing chip carve and is much simple why not use it?, the way you show it here is very hard to master it after long exercises I might say, the hand is not made to "work" this way. Maybe we could talk more on this if you like. Thanks
What kind of wood is easy to carve?
Sugar pine, basswood, mahogany, and butternut are the ones I know of.
I'm confused by this video. You state that there should be no bevel on the knife and yet your still at 0.13 clearly shows a bevel. I would really like to get into chip carving and have seen a Flexcut chip carving knife (KN15) but am worried it isn't suitable. Can you take a look and clarify this for me? BTW, great video
I should have redone this video because that was an error on my part. There is a slight curve on both sides of the blade rather than just straight sides. When I bought the knife, it have sharp bevels that I rounded over until they were almost, but not entirely, flat.
Where did you get your ceramic stones? I'm not quite sure what to get for sharpening.
I bought them from Wayne Barton at chipcarving.com, but you can probably find them at stores like Woodcraft.
Thank you. : )
Thanks kari You are a Golden Mine
Please post more videos
kari, your video is *excellent.* one person in a million plans and scripts a video. i just discovered your vids, and i'll be a steady viewer.
i notice that you never once said, "whatyouwannado, youwanna..."
bless you
bill price
Thanks, Bill! I'm not one to beat around the bush, that's for sure. Glad you're enjoying the videos.
I just started today (practicing). Thank you for the video
It's wrong to hold the wood in your lap while carving!!
Just found your videos. They are great, really. Good background music too.
Have you stopped making them? Love the sound of your voice and the way you introduce and present your subjects.
Hopefully, there will be more to come...
Franz Karner Thanks, Frank. I haven't been making videos for a couple years. Not sure if I'll ever make more, but never say never. :)
Do you have any suggestions where to purchase these knives
I bought them from Wayne Barton at chipcarving.com
Very good informative video, thanks.
Great video!
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Hi - that is a good video!
I'm guessing that you are working with basswood?
That is not so easy to find where i'm living.
Do you (or anyone reading this) have any suggestions on similar material?
I'm just starting with carving and have so far just been using pine.
It feels mostly soft and easy to handle (and cheap), but I think it has too much/big grains.
You can carve butternut, mahogany, and sugar pine (difficult to find) easily. I have also carved walnut and cherry, but they are not as easy to carve.
You don't say where you are located, but basswood is a type of lime - any lime species (often known as linden) should be suitable.
I am left handed. Do you have to order chip carving knives for left handers? Thanks for your reply
Hi Nate, yes, a left-handed knife would have the facet for your thumb on the opposite side.
@@VillageCarpenter The handles are made of wood, and many chip carving knives come without the thumb facet referred to. I'm left-handed too, all I did was sand a flat on the correct side.
Hi, I really liked the video, congratulations. Would you like to know the name of this knife?
Wayne Barton refers to the main knife as the primary knife. He calls the other one a stab knife.
Seriously impressive...and you're a beginner?!!!!
Can you just use a whetstone? is the leather strop and compound step totally necessary?
Sure, if that works well for you. The goal is to get rid of all nicks and fine scratches, so the blade is as smooth as possible.
What is the title playing in the background? It's lovely.
That is "Boys of Melody," by The Hidden Cameras.
I question the perfect pinnacle statement as a blade that thin would break apart. Your knife has obvious rounded bevels seen at 0:13 and 1:05. Other than that, nice video. Spruce is also a nice wood to carve as I make violin tops from it and it carves very easily.
I double checked Wayne Barton's book and he has a pinnacle as the correct shape for the cutting edge, but it has a very slight bow to each side. My drawing should have been a hair "fatter" on the sides. you see rounded bevels on my knife because I didn't take my sharpening far enough.
Kari Hultman I should have watched the video again before I commented. I see at 0:39 you recommend a 10 degree bevel like many others, which is radically different from 0 degrees. I would go further and recommend not using a 10 degree knife on anything other than basswood or shaving your boyfriend. Still like the video, chip carving seems more suited for a designer than a woodworker with so little woodworking equipment involved.
Being left handed I made my own. (I sharpen to 0.5 micron)
Thomas Hanson So far, I have chip carved cherry (not very easy), butternut (piece of cake), mahogany (glorious), and Swiss pear (not for the faint of heart). It can be done with wood other than basswood, but you want to be careful not to twist the blade or use it as a pick to dig out chips, because you will definitely mess up the cutting edge, if not snap the tip right off.
Kari Hultman i am happy to read this post about carving cherry and pear, two fairly hard woods. I now see the "thumb bevel" you mentioned in the video and will see if putting one on my just made chip carving knife will help in any way. Judging by the limited travel and direction of cuts involved, I deduced that the knives are very thin and made mine 0.040" thick. That's pretty thin.
that is interesting video. so where can i find the caving knifes please?
I bought my knives from Wayne Barton at chipcarving.com.
Nice vid Kari. Is Basswiid the best to learn on? How about pine?
Thanks, Jack. Basswood is excellent for carving. Pine is difficult because of the striations of dense grain. You'll find that your knife gets "stuck" when it hits the stripes of dense grain, and then skips through the rest. It makes for jagged cuts. If you can get ahold of sugar pine, however, that is awesome for carving.
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Where can I find graphite transfer paper???
I might have gotten it at Michael's, but can't remember. You might try Amazon.
Why?
Loved this video :)
which wood people use for chip carving?
+Kari Hultman i dont know if they grow in west europe... but thx for the info
basswood does but I think they call it olive wood or lime wood. Could also use Butternut or poplar or Aspen
Basswood, butternut, mahogany, sugar pine are all good. I have chip carved walnut and cherry, but it's not as easy.
Is that balsa wood?
it's basswood.
Your vid is informative but I didn't finish watching it because the noise blasting at me between your instructions hurt my ears, other than that i liked it.
I can't believe you carve the wood on your lap! You're brave!
I made it by myself thanks to Stodoys website.
Jeg er også en kunstner innen skulptur