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Swedish Spoon Study
Hello friends! As of today this study of traditional Swedish spoon making has turned close to 300 days old…..wow. In that time I am amazed just how much information I have learned and the possible...
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Japanese gift box
Thank you for taking a look at this recent project of mine. This is my version of a Japanese gift box. It measures just about 4” wide by 9” long by 2” high. Made from scrap Pine using only traditional...
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Swan Spoon O' Silver Birch!
Hello friends, I thank you kindly for all of your past comments on my Japanese Gift Box project, it is always great to hear from all of you. Thank you! This was a project I toyed with off and on the...
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Swedish Birch Serving Spoon
Hello my friends! My next spoon related blog will include some very vital lessons learned regarding grain and form. For me, no matter how much I think I have learned the well is never dry of additional...
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Dovetail tallow holder alla Roy
Hello friends. Just recently I was lucky enough to do some wood working with a small branch of Walnut. I love the color of the grains as it ages, making those great chocolate colored shavings that...
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Vampires Pine Coffin!
Hello friends! No better way to get the holidays started than with one of my all time favorites…Halloween! This was a fun and spirited project that I had planned on trying last season, but honestly I...
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First spoon of the new year!
Hello friends, I surely hope you all had great holidays! There are so many new things I am currently learning regarding green woodwork with spoons, traditional woodworking crafts, etc. But…this is a...
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Swedish Spoon: the practice of form and balance
Form and balance is something that is required in the craft of carving a wooden spoon. This learning of carving is something that seems to allow me to walk away from my current (non spoon) project left...
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Butter Paddle and 2 Eating Spoons
Hello friends, hope all is well for you out there in your shops across the globe. I kindly thank you for your past comments and for enjoying this sort of work. I have some new things that I have carved...
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Spoon hunting and making!
This past Sunday was cold, a short amount of snow remained and I thought it was a good time to gather some tools and seek out some wood to carve a new spoon. For me spoon carving is all about the hunt...
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The lil' bench hook that could!
Hello friends, something very simple and yet so effective…..the age old and always useful bench hook! What would we do without one? Wether your style is handwork or power tools, at some point this...
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Maple Mallet with touches of Oak
Hello friends, I hope all of you are well and enjoying your current projects. This is my first official mallet. I had been wanting to make one, but I just always seemed to be on to a spoon or other...
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Shaker Berry Box
Hello friends, I hope all of you are well and enjoying your recent shop creations. I feel like the time is right for me to enter a new phase into my hobby woodworking career. I have played around with...
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Birch Spoon from my neck o' tha woods
Hello friends, I have been more of a viewer than project maker in the last 3 months or so…lol. All of your projects look terrific and keep motivating my love of woodworking. I have a few more projects...
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Old School Pine Box
I really have no explanation of exactly what this box is. I know it is an idea sparked from an old box I saw for sale a while back on Etsy. The box featured some old mason jars stored in it and for...
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Have parts, build wagon! (The unpainted edition)
Hello friends, it has surely been awhile. Somehow life just moves forward and sometimes projects have to sit. Here is a sort of part one for this fall/winter season. I am hoping for the painted edition...
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1940's Saw pony express
Hello friends, i hope all is well with you and yours! This was inspired by Roy Underhill’s episode on the Woodwright’s Shop. If you want a good old fashioned saw horse to use your classic Disston on,...
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Spring Apple Spoon
Hello friends!, I have been away from the carving stump for a few months. I have been learning other aspects of hand tool woodwork. It was nice to get back to carving a little after being lucky enough...
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Handy Rolling Tool Caddy
Hello friends, Here is my Handy Rolling Tool Caddy. Not my idea, this was from an issue of “The Family Handyman” magazine. But this was my re-design of their idea. I wanted an old school sort of look...
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Amber Coffin Movie Cabinet
Well folks…it has been a very long time since posting on here. I surely hope everyone is well and good! I have a love for all of those great classic Hammer horror films as well as many others and so...
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