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I'm also a beginner, and I started with carving spoons. Just get a nice piece of easy-to-carve wood (depending on where you're from, people here are amazing for timber advice) and go for...

The lucet is an object used for making braided cord. The earliest ones found were of viking origin and were bone, shown here. they fell out of fashion in most of Europe <a...

Oh, that's cool! I love any sort of historical artistry. :D

Thanks, all!

Wine barrel slats - an interesting idea. Pity I can't stand the smell of wine or it'd be great! Might see if I can get my hands on something from another kind of barrel - can you...

Squidblade!

Wow. You have no idea how much I want both of those. Never thought of carving weaponry form wood - might give me something interesting to try since I did some weapon design sketches a...

Hello all,

It's been a while since my first post and a lot's happened, though sadly not so much in the carving area!
I've managed to do two pieces however, a second spoon to build on the skills I...

It seems being ill is good for productivity. I just finished this today - yay for first efforts. I modeled it on spoons from medieval paintings, which explains the 'stick and cup' construction! I...

Very impressive! Thankyou for showing the progress photos, they're perfect for showing a beginner like me the process from raw chunk of wood to finished carving. The medieval style is something I'd...

Well! I'm now on my way, starting small and simple with a spoon. Useful things make me happy!
I ended up making it to balcatta as I had an appointment nearby, so I can now second carba-tec as being...

Rob: Awesome! I'll see if I can't get over to carba-tec and get them to point me in the direction of some timber off-cuts to mangle :)
As I'm an avid internet shopper, I managed to find a coupe of...

Thankyou!

I'll definitely keep an eye out for some of those timbers - I've got some friends who do various forms of wood (and acrylic) turning, I'll see if they have any good leads for some wood...

Hello all,

I'm interested in learning to carve wood, and I really do need some advice. I'm a medieval enthusiast and I do many other kinds of crafts from needlework and lacemaking to sculpture,...