In which we see an incredible bowl-carving demonstration by Dan Watson at the woodlands.co.uk booth at the Bushcraft Show 2019. www.dwwp.co.uk/comingsoon www.woodlands.co.uk
This day and age everything is already made for us and most ppl never question what it took to make anything .let alone the learning process and trial and error U definitely get not only a better understanding making something urself but a deeper appreciation.
This weekend I finished my first spoon. I think it's beautiful. Handling it feels wonderful and it weighs nothing (7 gms!). It feels a bit strange in my mouth being wood and not metal. I designed it originally as a teaspoon but it's big enough for an eating spoon. It's one of the few practical things I own that I made myself.
I use all chainsaws and power tools for carving, but I love the hand tools, very good stuff to watch for any one into wood working...I began carving large faces for totem poles as a teenager, with just a broad head axe, and a gouge... nothing like using hand tools to make wood, or even stone into shape...love the Bush craft work bench, I definitely want to make one for my shop...
Awesome, I’ve just started a hand carved bowl this evening with an adze. I’m using a bit of bay from a tree that came down in a customer’s garden. I love the work bench, I’ve been looking out for a suitable lump of wood to come along as I’ve seen that style on other videos. Got a piece of radiata pine off a tree surgeon who was working in the graveyard where I take the dog for a walk, it was a pig to split so the longer piece might make a good mallet in the leg of lamb style. That last gauge with the swan neck looked the business as I have a problem finishing the bottoms with a normal bent gauge, so it looks like I will be asking Santa for one in my Christmas stocking. Very instructional and inspiring video.
Nice! My uncle did a few bowls of wood, but always used burl, because the grain runs every which way and it doesn't split. But this guy obviously does greater quantities, and has to use straight-grained wood. Beautiful to watch him work and make good use of the material in spite of the disadvantages.
Two comments mate. Fantastic tool skills and an awesome work bench. I can make the bench soon enough but will have to get a blacksmith friend to forge me some crude tools to work with. Good job my friend. Inspired to get away from power tools again. Mo-Re Mountain Refugee Buds & Bowls
Nice to hear some more of the queen's on your channel, Josephs :-) i really wanted to get to the bushcraft show this year, if i had made it we could have met up after all. Ho hum.
couldnt you turn the handle around or make one that just angles towards you instead of towards the the piece your working on. then you could get the bottom of the bowl
I was so glad to hear him say the Gransfors adze wasn’t very good. I bought an adze from Wolf Creek Forge that is absolutely beautiful but suffers from the same issues as his adze did. I had to grind on it for hours to make it functional and felt embarrassed for having bought what I thought was a substandard tool. It appears that perhaps the quality wasn’t as bad as I had originally thought
You are using green wood , correct? What about the cracks that will occur? U season the wood in a specific humidity before working it? My kuksas sometimes crack . Thanx
Yes, green wood can crack (also called a check or split). I have used green wood and boiled the project just before completion (average an hour per inch or more time if you wish as boiling longer will not cause any problems), then when the project dries, complete the carving and apply your finish. I have not had my piece split yet.
I am hoping that you might read this comment? Good video for a start, very informative indeed and how to go about carving a bowl. I did try freeze frame but to no avail :-( I am interested to know what size chisel you used ?? The pfeil chisel. What number, curve & width. Hope you do not mind me asking, Thank you. Les.
The lignin in wood has antibacterial properties. Additionally, wood surfaces tend to dry fairly quickly, so water loving microbes won't fair too well, and the fibers will contract as they dry meaning aerobic microorganisms can't thrive. Also, if you oil your wooden-wares they will be less apt to absorb water in the first place, and if you wax the exterior, the water will just bead off.
Brando is absolutely correct! I will add though, if you're still concerned, like if you've used a bowl or wooden plate etc for meat, wet it down, then rub some table salt into it and leave it for a bit. This will bugger up any remaining nasties, as salt will further absorb water from tiny microorganism bodies. Rinse it off with boiling water and you're good to go. I actually use this method to treat my wooden chopping boards once in a while. If you have plastic ones, you should use this a lot more often, especially the salt part, as the tiny cuts in the plastic cannot dry out like what happens in wood, which is why they harbour more germs. Wood eating utensils are actually a lot more hygienic than you'd think.
They did a tour of some of thr european mainland (the Netherlands for example) and then England. I'm looking forward to see what the filmed at the royal armouries in leeds (if anything). Pax
That's how I get started, too. First, I'm going to flatten the bottom so it'll sit flat on my table. Then, I'm going to "start THINKING about carving out the middle." Usually I have a cup of coffee and a chair to do that bit.
I would like to give it a try, but I am actually more interested in making the tools he used. The carving bench with the wedges and pegs fascinates me and the custom axe sounds like a great blacksmithing project. JB
