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4th April 2018, 12:16 PM #31
Redwood is not a good carving wood. It tends to splinter and the grain wanders a bit. It is soft, and will not hold much detail. Here's one I carved many years ago for a granddaughter. You can see the "state of the art" tools I was using at the time...
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4th April 2018, 03:30 PM #32GOLD MEMBER
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Redwood appears to be a superb carving wood. For anything where the form suggests the features.
Of course it's hopeless if you plan to carve the gill filaments in a salmon.
If you desire significant detail, then walk away for different wood.
If you want to carve a story pole of a family adventure, Redwood looks as good as it gets.
In each of the 4 different carving styles in the Pacific Northwest for massive figures,
none of it needs the exquisite details as seen in Argillite or Silver.
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21st May 2018, 04:48 PM #33
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22nd May 2018, 04:14 PM #34GOLD MEMBER
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Never a mention of the refined business to make tools " carving sharp."
I'll bet that more people quit because of that than all other reasons combined.
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31st August 2018, 09:16 AM #35New Member
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Luke,
Marry is great! She use our shop to teach her first class 20+ years ago. I was one of her first students and I thank my luciky stars.
She had just finished a 4 year apperatinship under a Greek master carver when I meet her. The first 4 months all he would let her do was sharpen tools. Well she showed us how to carve the first class but it will take months to learn how to get a good set of tools sharp.
Carving and sharping first movement starts from our toes.
Good luck with all your projects!
John
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14th June 2019, 10:13 AM #36Intermediate Member
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I have some wood that I traded for, from Oz. Stubi is not a great brand to carve on these . The wood is harder than my last Stubi tool which I drove into a joist to hang coats on.. Everyone to their own opinion.. I guess Basswood and lime are fine, but I have something called African Maple that I played with.. Stubi would dull rapidly, sharpen fast... the mark of a soft tool...and the reason it became a coat hanger. I am 80, destroying wood in town since 1969. Learned a little, forgot most of it.. Band saw , big old German 1985 monster went ballistic this weekend, bad belt on upper wheel, have the belt. going on local "for sale site" ten dollars and bring a truck to haul away.. There are times when you get too old and are unable to do the repairs. my problem.
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14th June 2019, 10:31 AM #37Intermediate Member
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Talk about karma, just got back on the site. Kestrel tools mentioned. Went out to the garage, and there were several tools that had " taken a vacation" on my bench. One is a bent knife I had purchased 30 odd years ago maker kestrel.. I had a standing offer to give carvers my scrap wood. Send the pattern, I'll fit it and mail, you refund postage...No one can be bothered, so it goes into mushrooms, and kindling..
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The issue is, I think, that there aren’t many carvers about any more, and the number is declining rapidly every day. I could mention the long time between inspiration and accomplishment and how it doesn’t appeal to people any more, but I don’t like to needlessly hammer generations y or z or whatever.
Tastes have changed. One hundred years ago almost every piece of quality furniture had some type of ornamental carving, even if just a beading somewhere. Now it’s just not what people want at all.
The only good side of this is that it’s easy to build up big collections of really good carving tools at ridiculously cheap prices. I assemble sets of Addis and Charles Taylor’s.
Or maybe it’s not so good - if the demand is not there they’ll be worth even less then I paid for them in years to come.Apologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.
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15th June 2019, 05:38 AM #40GOLD MEMBER
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nadcarves: Aaron is right = there aren't many of us left at the bench.
Every anglo carver that I've met in the last 20 years has been self-inspired and motivated to pick up a gouge and make chips.
Me? A short course to try something that I had never done before and even so, was years later to pick it up.
I've not met a soul interested in learning.
Pacific Northwest native carving communities still use a child-apprenticeship program
for the the kids that show some innate talent. It's been very effective to see all the old family names.
Every instance when I've been invited to carve in an artisans' exhibition,
the native carvers want to sit and talk wood and tools for hours. That's OK by me.
nadcarves: are you willing to part with that old Kestrel knife?
PM so we can discuss money for the knife and shipping. Please.
I'd like to carve with something that Gregg was making 30 years ago.
I make daily use of some modern Kestrel blades and adzes.
I'm just across the continent, up in the Canadian Rockies at 53N.
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Tell you what, when it turns up. Present location unknown, but near. You can refund my postage , and buy me a Dude, which is a drink at a dive known as Taco Dan's, that I limit myself to ONE. Dan made me a second, went outside and tripped right in front of a cop .Told him not to mind me, just came out of the light into the dark, and ,at 80, the eyes don't adjust that rapidly. A kinda Whew!!! moment.
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16th June 2019, 05:29 AM #44Intermediate Member
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I plunked all the tools into several boxes.. In excess of three hundred... Am dyslexic, so when I concentrate on something, it hides ,then pops out, " SUPRISE"...Was wandering around not paying attention, just gathering, getting ready to sharpen. Dyslexia that I have is most interesting, actually can focus on something I will need in the future. Walking by a table, a pair of nose scissors stood out. Put in my pocket, went over to the community garden, a small wren was trapped in the mesh fence, with three cats drawing straws as to who was going to do the honors.. Just right size to free the little guy
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S'cuse the side bar here. I've used Kestrel blades for some years.
I'd be really happy to blow the dust off and use that again.
As long as old carving tools don't show any rust pitting, they are good to go.
Some brands, like Pfeil and Aurioux, I'd buy sight unseen, sharp or not.
I have several dozen Pfeil. Over the last 10(?) years, I drifted into
the crooked knives and adzes which are common here in the Pacific Northwest carving community.
A few Kestrel, a few Diamond, but mostly remakes from farrier's crooked hoof trimming knives.
Good for you to release the bird. Some get lucky.
One drink and must be food, too. I won't drink with the flies anymore.
Brian
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