Hello
Now I got the forums help with sharpening a knife I will move onto the next subject bugging me. Ive searched the forum and havent found the answer, please point me to the right thread if Im repeating another post.
I love wood. Love making stuff out of it. But everything is self taught = poor results. Some questions
1) What type of wood is best to carve stuff out of, example a spoon. Within the UK, something that is plentyfull ? Birch?
2) Best to carv when the wood is alive and wet? Or from a dead dry tree? (wet seems easiest)
3) How do you harden the wood once you carve something out? Im fimiliar with the hot ash trick, but bigger stuff is harder to fit under your campfire. Let it dry naturally? place near fire for a day?
4) Anything found plentiful that will colour/stain wood? some sort of berry?
5) How do you drill perfect wholes out in the field? Special tool or technique?
7) What ever happened to question 6?
Thanks in advance..
Now I got the forums help with sharpening a knife I will move onto the next subject bugging me. Ive searched the forum and havent found the answer, please point me to the right thread if Im repeating another post.
I love wood. Love making stuff out of it. But everything is self taught = poor results. Some questions
1) What type of wood is best to carve stuff out of, example a spoon. Within the UK, something that is plentyfull ? Birch?
2) Best to carv when the wood is alive and wet? Or from a dead dry tree? (wet seems easiest)
3) How do you harden the wood once you carve something out? Im fimiliar with the hot ash trick, but bigger stuff is harder to fit under your campfire. Let it dry naturally? place near fire for a day?
4) Anything found plentiful that will colour/stain wood? some sort of berry?
5) How do you drill perfect wholes out in the field? Special tool or technique?
7) What ever happened to question 6?
Thanks in advance..