Carving Birchwood: Tips and Techniques for Navigating this Tough Hardwood
A common tendency with many of us carvers is to try many types of wood. In our experiments, we check to see how much a certain species restrict our tools or another and how it takes finishing. It's...
Today's whittler can choose from a variety of knives available in a huge selection of sizes and shapes. If you are wise you will commence your craft with a minimum number of tools and add others as...
When beginners start their carving journey, they prefer finding wood that is easy for them to carve. When wood is easy to carve, learning becomes a fast and enjoyable process and it also gives the...
As an upcoming whittler hobbyist you may be too excited to start carving immediately you find some wood. If the wood is green (wet) what do you do? Do you need to dry wood for carving? The answer...
It's common to try craving different woods. So if you find yourself in possession of a nice piece of cherry lumber you may wonder can you carve cherry wood? In all honesty, cherry is a great wood...
As you strive to improve your mastery of the ever-demanding craft of wood carving, you will find yourself devoted to learning all the tools and techniques for carving and whittling. But in your...
