learning how to identify collect and process your own wood will always provide better pieces than what you can buy from my experience, especially for small whittling
I tried carving, bought one of the kits you are talking about and cut myself about 30 times. My adhd brain wouldn’t let me give up and by the end the wood was completely stained with my blood I never tried it again.
Yeah it takes a while to figure out how to keep your fingers out of the way and how to move the knife so it’s not dangerous. You’ll be healed up now. Time for another try 😅
Just did the same, but I started with a longer block from the dollar store. Ive managed not to cut myself by just trying to make something on one end of it (plenty of distance between fingers) but yeah Id probably have the same problem if I held something smaller, if my needle felting attempts are anything to go by lmao
@@glitse4288yeah, im thinking about trying wood carving so im looking up a bunch of stuff to see what i need and little tricks and they have gloves and a type of tape to go over your fingers so you dont cut yourself
@@criswellpictures bows are actually fairly easy from a technical standpoint but it's about actually putting the theory into practice, if you want my advice for wood a limb from something like a sweet birch with about a 1 1/2"-2" diameter works very well, my current bow is made of the same and after stripping it down to the green/white wood i let it sit outside in the cold for a week then 3 days in my basement and after that started to shave down the limbs. my only advice would be to taper the limbs of the bow while the wood is still soft and then dry it, or to atleast do half of each limb wet and finish both once dried
@@criswellpictures on the topic of weapons though i've also made warhammer, pole-hammer,side sword, rondel/spike dagger, and a greatbow which was about 6' 4" tall, the current bow i talked about is maybe 3'-3' 6"
@@criswellpictures also use your body as a reference when you do stuff like this, your eye is the greatest tool god gave you and your weapons should be tailored to you, not made on a template. for a shortbow go to about your hip-bellybutton but for a longbow use the top of your head plus the width of your palm (will vary depending on height, might need more might need less)
@@mfhoss9570 what kind of knife should I use, I have a buck 121 but it's for fishing, should I buy one for carving or is the knife I mentioned good enough? I was thinking about getting a hatchet cause then I'd have good food and wood prep for a camp
@andyf there's a few good tool makers in the UK for carving tools, look up Hackett of Sherwood, outstanding quality and reasonably priced, they'll last a life time. The cheep ones basically need a proper sharpen and the profile changing to be effective, learning to sharpen is the most useful skill. Can turn a crap blade into a useful one.
Let them dry out as slowly as possible if carved from green/wet wood, leave em in a plastic bag or outside for a few days, if you leave thin carved wood in a warm place it will probably just crack, oil after drying.
learning how to identify collect and process your own wood will always provide better pieces than what you can buy from my experience, especially for small whittling
A wee peanut bowl, I like it.
Thanks!
I live in second old growth redwood got huge stumps outside my house and lots of old wood piles from the logging days
I tried carving, bought one of the kits you are talking about and cut myself about 30 times. My adhd brain wouldn’t let me give up and by the end the wood was completely stained with my blood I never tried it again.
Yeah it takes a while to figure out how to keep your fingers out of the way and how to move the knife so it’s not dangerous. You’ll be healed up now. Time for another try 😅
Just did the same, but I started with a longer block from the dollar store. Ive managed not to cut myself by just trying to make something on one end of it (plenty of distance between fingers) but yeah Id probably have the same problem if I held something smaller, if my needle felting attempts are anything to go by lmao
They make cut resistant gloves to help mitigate that
@@glitse4288yeah, im thinking about trying wood carving so im looking up a bunch of stuff to see what i need and little tricks and they have gloves and a type of tape to go over your fingers so you dont cut yourself
@B7lackPh0n1x when you are shopping for gloves make sure check the ansi rating to know what kinda cuts they can withstand.
I have this 1
What have u made? I wanna try making a bow or sum when i get into wood carving
Most recently, a new carving knife! Short of that one coming tomorrow!
@@criswellpictures bows are actually fairly easy from a technical standpoint but it's about actually putting the theory into practice, if you want my advice for wood a limb from something like a sweet birch with about a 1 1/2"-2" diameter works very well, my current bow is made of the same and after stripping it down to the green/white wood i let it sit outside in the cold for a week then 3 days in my basement and after that started to shave down the limbs. my only advice would be to taper the limbs of the bow while the wood is still soft and then dry it, or to atleast do half of each limb wet and finish both once dried
@@criswellpictures on the topic of weapons though i've also made warhammer, pole-hammer,side sword, rondel/spike dagger, and a greatbow which was about 6' 4" tall, the current bow i talked about is maybe 3'-3' 6"
@@criswellpictures also use your body as a reference when you do stuff like this, your eye is the greatest tool god gave you and your weapons should be tailored to you, not made on a template. for a shortbow go to about your hip-bellybutton but for a longbow use the top of your head plus the width of your palm (will vary depending on height, might need more might need less)
@@mfhoss9570 what kind of knife should I use, I have a buck 121 but it's for fishing, should I buy one for carving or is the knife I mentioned good enough? I was thinking about getting a hatchet cause then I'd have good food and wood prep for a camp
I like carving found wood but find birch very hard
Turns out it’s probably cherry not birch 🤷♂️
What do you prefer?
@ basswood. I have carved some pear and cedar that was good
I found the basswood a bit too dry. But then again I only used that right when I started. Maybe I’ll be better at it now
birch? that looks like cherry to me
Definitely birch this one
You not see the bark mate?
It's blatantly silver birch.
Cherry is more of a red colour 😂
@@Iloadss my guess was just based of the bark
I don't like those hook knives much prefer a gouge but yes birch is an amazing choice
A curved gouge is on my list to Santa. This one is a bit wrist heavy to use
@andyf there's a few good tool makers in the UK for carving tools, look up Hackett of Sherwood, outstanding quality and reasonably priced, they'll last a life time.
The cheep ones basically need a proper sharpen and the profile changing to be effective, learning to sharpen is the most useful skill. Can turn a crap blade into a useful one.
Make a mancala board!
That’s a good idea!
is there a need to cure wood carved products
I just finish them with beeswax. Some people use oils.
@ ahhh okay perfect thank you very much +1sub
Thanks! Appreciate the sub :)
Let them dry out as slowly as possible if carved from green/wet wood, leave em in a plastic bag or outside for a few days, if you leave thin carved wood in a warm place it will probably just crack, oil after drying.
You dont need that glove
What about my vulnerable hands tho
Fair
bet
Cool!