As ever, I love to carve. This spring and summer I did spoons in both Basswood and Alder. Even though I live in Cascadia, carving Red Alder was new to me. Fresh cut Red Alder was very easy to rough-out with my Kestrel adzes. Kestrel is an amazing little company on Lopez Island in Washington’s San Juan Islands. His designs are based on indigenous tools, and once you try them you’ll wonder why you bother with “modern” European adze designs.
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http://www.kestreltool.com/ As with most tool makers in the current economy, there’s a bit of a wait to get tools from Kestrel, but these are worth waiting for.
Ja. Fer geez. That’s the Penis Spoon. It’s pink and carved from Basswood.
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I am an American Nordman raised in the company of feral Minnesota Swedes, and I paint spoons with linseed oil paint after the Swedish tradition. The entertaining genius Surolle’s https://www.surolle.se/en/ book is highly recommended if you’re interested in the Swedish slojd tradition. https://lostartpress.com/
Lost Art Press is a gift. They published green woodworker Drew Langsner’s lessons-learned book Country Woodcraft: Then and Now. I don’t know how many times I checked out the original edition from the Missoula library, but it was a bunch. Langsner’s honest accounting of his evolving methods “then and now” is invaluable.
Tools and Swedes. I’ve been a Morakniv https://morakniv.se/en/ user forever, and still use their sloyd knives. The model 106 and 120 knives are my constant companions. Most will find their spoon knives wanting I’m afraid. This year I started using several of Svante Djärv’s tools, and they are excellent! https://djarv.se/en/ The Svante Djärv spoon knives and chip carving knife are game-changers. The handles are the best design I’ve encountered. I’ve got several more of their tools on my wish list.
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