Off Grid Life | Small woodcarving projects 

Stop telling us that you don’t know, what you’re doing. 😅Your woodwork is so beautiful!🤩

Hello Mathias, you are very humble. You mention you don't know much about wood work but you Sir have built a house to live in. That is wonderful.

I had no idea that I would see such attention to detail and craftmanship in this video. So cool! That was fun to watch. You're a multi-talented individual. There is a saying "It ain't braggin' if it is true." You are quite talented in numerous ways.

Thanks for the great video series. You two should be voted "Most Charming" couple on RU-vid! I'm sure all the viewers would agree that we appreciate your sharing in English. Don't worry about the "struggle" for English words, it adds to the charm! I think you both would enjoy watching these RU-vid channels: "Mr. Chickadee" , "The Outsider", and "My Self Reliance" "Mr. Chickadee" shares timber framing skills and joints such as the mortise and tenon you are working on in this video, plus cabin building off grid. "The Outsider" and "My Self Reliance" are both building cabins off grid and share similar skills. Thanks again- You are super talented as photographers, narrators and crafstmen! I am a very avid subsciber to your channel and look forward to more!

You have made family heirlooms! Beautiful work.

Your woodworking is superb. I love the patterns you create in the wood. You are far too modest about your work. You and Tova are two of the most talented, multi-skilled people I have come across. You can do anything. You both read such a lot too, and are always learning new skills and refining the ones you already have. It is so impressive to see this in two young people.

Mathias, your wood crafting is absolutey beautiful. I can not draw to save my soul, but I can sew just about anything and have made a lot of my own patterns. Your crafting ability is breathtaking. :-)

For someone who says he doesn't know much about woodwork, you're doing a bloody AMAZING job!

I'm slowly working my way through all your wonderful blogs. But I just wanted to say your woodwork is wonderful! Absolutely stunning. I wish I had half your skill! And there is indeed always one chicken, we have one, Suzie 😂

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WOOD WORKING ... SUCH PATIENCE .. AND SO MUCH CARE ... LOVELY.

Fun Tip - take a plastic bottle and turn it into one long plastic strip. Use the long plastic bottle strip to wrap the handle where it cracked. It will strengthen it AND allow you to recycle plastic bottles!

You are a real artist and craftsman! The video was a lovely experience as always. The articles you made in this video are not only useful tools but beautiful works of art as well. Just amazing!

Wow that carving is AMAZING

All those sheep's, lambs and chickens made me so happy because I remember my own childhood in farm :)

Hello from Canada 🇨🇦 I love your work! What a wonderful life you and your family are building together!

Your carving skills are amazing.

The handle for that chisel is beautiful

How beautiful simple life in nature without pollution

Hi Mathias & Tova, My hat's off to you as usual. Always trying even if you aren't quite sure of the outcome. Another thing I admire about you is the fact that you admit when you don't know about something. There's no B.S.(bull-shit) with you & that's a breath of fresh air. Many time's here in the State's our motto is " if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull-shit ". I also have spent a lifetime (69yrs.) in the school of hard-knocks, but it's been a great education. Good luck to you both in your future endeavors.

Fo someone who says yo don’t know much about woodworking you sure do an excellent job. First a new home and now handles. I love he intricate touches you made. Well done,

The woodworking is so relaxing and the pieces came out beautifully

Your woodcarving skills are superb! I have been making leather sheaths for my carving knives but I think you may have inspired me to try and make a wooden sheath for one of my gouges. 😀

Absolutely stunning!!! Just WOW, you have more talent than you know!

Wow the detail in your wood work was amazing

Mathias thank you for taking us along with your day of wood carving. So cool you add your touch to make each piece unique. Thought you might get a kick out of Zach Fowler's youtube channel to see what he does with wood working.

Nice handle on that chisle. And the chisle case. Wauw... You have a good set of tools.. And a good head on your shoulders..

You are so skilled working with wood Mathias! Don’t worry about perfection!!

Wow! You have good skill im impressive you are really good at it. Proud of you Mathias 👏

Oh. My. Goodness. 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever.'

In Tennessee, USA the tool is called a "peeling spud or a bark spud" to peel the bark off a log. It is best to peel the bark on trees cut in spring after the sap comes up.

Great craftsmanship on the chisel handle and sheath. Heirloom quality work. Very nice, Mathias. I love the cinematography and story telling you do through your videos. Thank you for sharing. Hello to Tova. Have a great week!

Stunning piece of work.

You know you could sell your work just wow

Absolutely stunning woodwork Mathias give yourself the credit that is due you are to humble. X

Beautiful Mathias! It's sad the old ways of wood working is going away. Love the updates on the homestead.

If I didn't spend so time mesmerized by your beautiful vlogs, I would get more done at home! 😏 I love each one. Thank you for such enjoyable and inspirational videos.

I notice people w a true god given talent often have no idea they how wonderfully talented they are... because it comes so naturally w such ease to them. They don’t have to think about it. They only seem to see small mistakes. They seem to believe anyone can create what they are doing. They are unaware that there of those of us that could try and try yet NEVER be able to create what they do so simply. Our minds don’t work that way. They never will. You are one of those beautiful people, sir! The fact that you are so unaware is not due to a lack of self esteem. You are simply humble! That’s what makes you so endearing. You truly don’t know how gifted you are... you’re not boastful. Believe me, my friend...Even if we train ourselves to learn your skills, what comes so naturally to you, we would never be as skilled on our best day as you are on your worst. We just have talents in other areas. Theres a wee bit of Beethoven in everyone... we’re just not all composers! It’s what makes the world go round!

You are doing a great job with the tools you have. The reason the handle split is tat the tenon was too thin on the botom. (You call it a mortise an tenon). The way to make the tenon rount is to start off square and ten halve each side. So go to eight sided, ten 16 sided and so on...

WOW the sheath for your chisel and its new handle are stunning!

Your chickens look so healthy and beautiful!

beautiful wood work

You know so much about so many different things. I was thinking just the creamery or just carving is a skill in itself but you do it all.

Just beautiful wood work thank yiu for showing us

Mathias u are a very talented wood craft artisan! Finish your new house and than start production of those kind of stuff and sell online, u will be successful for sure! Warmest regards Thomas

I love your woodwork, craftsmanship

I enjoyed watching your artistry! You have a wonderful talent! Be proud! Also, the music for this video sounds like Clint Eastwood movies. I like it a lot. Thank you for a great video!

What a great job on the tool handles. The holder looks beautiful, smart Lock plug! It must be super interesting to work in that old wood shop. My late grandfather made clocks and many other items. I wish he was still around now with his shop. Thanks for sharing. :)

You have some beautiful coloured chickens, blue buff, blue tail buff, wheaten, columbian, two shades of blue, lavender, splash, red, salmon, blue Partridge Just love how you're getting these properly recognised colours from a mixed colour flock.

Great vid and great attitude. The first will get the job done, but look forward to seeing the next version and thoroughly enjoyed watching the process; as others have said very calming. The rhythms remind me of the sounds of my childhood. The chisel handle and cover though, that is a beautiful piece of work!

Absolutely beautiful piece you have crafted👍👍👍👍

You have amazing woodworking skills.... bara ett underbart resultat

Great work , bro, i like your philosophie about things. you try the best and then its done, in the future we would improve but now accepting what it is ! thank you share that.

beautiful woodcarving! bravo! lovely to watch u work! so peaceful and another bravo for your test in music😉

Love watching you work with wood. My Dad was carpenter, did beautiful work. I miss watching him. 😏 You definitely seem a natural feel for the wood etc, beautiful!

I always am so excited when you drop a new video!!! I just stop everything I do to watch it, Love it ♥️ Also the woodcarving designs are bomb..

Your woodworking is very nice. I can't imagine how much better you think it should be. I wonder, is it a craftsperson only sees the flaws in the work he does? And not the overall beauty of the finished project. I agree with others that your hand made tools could sell well online.

Beautiful work, Thank you!

Your "little wood" project is absolutely beautiful!!

I'd say you are a magnificent woodworker, keep practicing and you will be able to sell some on-line. maybe even enough to buy that tractor you need.

I get going on my woodwork and go to fast. Then I screw up. Just slow down and have fun . It will come to you. Looks like you are doing real good. Chickens are way cool. I have 32 of the little monsters .

You doing good bro!

Definitely enjoyed watching.

In the Army when we had very muddy paths we put down pallets for sidewalks.

-4 Carl, I assume it is what the English call a dibbler for planting starter plants in the early summer. If you drill a crosshole through the tenon ( the round peg thing) just above the shoulder and about twice the thickness of the saw blade, the split will most likely not happen. Look at stick chair making videos to learn to make a round tenon to size.

Loved this! Beautiful work!

Many below have said what I feel; you don't give yourself enough credit - you have talents AND you try to learn new ones as you need them. In my view, as long as it works, it is a success. The tool is a bark spud, in English. Amazing details in the carvings for your chisel case - you DO know about woodworking/carving. :)

Ha ha that was funny the bleeped out curse word when the wood split. = ) Very amazing woodcarving!

The round piece you shaped on the end of your handle is called a tenon and the hole it fits into is a mortice and where the two meet is the shoulder.The method you used to shape the tenon was correct but more care is needed in its shaping. When you have achieved a snug fit drill a 5 or 6 mm.hole centrally through the tenon about 1 cm. above the shoulder then saw down your tenon into this hole but no further, the hole will prevent the handle from splitting when you drive in the wedge.

Wow! That sheath you carved is beautiful.

Great video! I've put on many hammer handles... because I break them because of misuse and not being able to hit the target! Lol one trick I've found to help keep from splitting them is by drilling a 1/8" hole at the base of the slot for the wedge. It does seem to help...

Otroligt inspirerande! Fantastiskt att se hur en träbit växer fram till något så vackert! Äkta hantverk, som hantverk skall vara, själen får vara med och skapa!

Lovely on every level

If I’m not mistaken you use the tool for debarking trees. You can push with your knee, etc too. The joint you couldn’t think of the name for is mortise and tenon

Your little woodcarving project is 👌. 🙏🏻🇮🇳

The carving on the sheath was amazing !

Wow that woodwork is really good

I think you need to re examine your self esteem Sir! You give yourself too little credit for the skills you have! Every carpenter deals with cracked projects every now and then, and you sir, have just made two very useful and also beautiful things from wood! (and then I'm not even mentioning the house yet) So, you can call yourself a carpenter, even if you're not willing to carry the title Master Carpenter yet, but once your home is finished, i think you must upgrade your title, definitely ;-) right now? Carpentry level : Awesome! :)) Oh and that strange tool.... the thing that comes to mind for me is de-barking a tree?

Just watched this one. Beautiful job on the wood work! I just started carving wooden spoons. Quite a calming project.

Fuck I love this couple and their work ethic. Their life is so satisfying to themselves, and love watching them go about their daily lives.

I really like a table you are working on with the wood) old school! thats the great pieces of woodworking! so beautiful! thank you for close one video with animals 🥰

Great work! You live in such a beautiful place.

Nice work done by you on wood...bravo🙏🙏

I agree with the comment below that, when you have a little more practice, go online and market them. Also wooden spoons with designed handles, they would be popular. You certainly have a natural aptitude.

As always, you are amazing.

Bardzo sympatyczny filmik! Thank You! Good job!

Fantastic woodwork, we love the quiet, peaceful nature of your vlogs. We haven't caught up yet, but I reckon by the time we do you'll be teaching people 'The Good Life'.

Great woodwork! I would have made the chisel holder out of leather with a belt hanger on it.

If you say your not good in woodwork, then for me you are a master :)

Another great episode! If I could have a request, please make more simple woodworking videos. I know, it needs a time but do as you can not need. Best regards!

Amazing carving work. Love the Nordic motiff. You underestimate yourself.

Good workman ship. Beautiful 🙋🏻‍♀️

You can be proud of what you do !

Such beautiful work. Love watching you create.

love your axe it must be a older Gransfors Bruk (K.S.) . I have one also ( E.E.) .got it for Christmas. You have a new Sub.

I love working with wood, too. Even though I would like to make something perfect that most often is not what happens yet I am happy with anything I create. I know I can always get better if I choose. Sometimes good enough is good enough ;like your tool with the crack in the handle.

Mathias, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. We all make errors during our day's woodworking. One day it can be in measuring, The next in cutting, carving. Woodworking is not an exact science, and if anyone says they don't make mistakes, then they are lying. Its all part of the process of learning. One day everything may go perfectly and the next day you're off. Its called being human. You are a bright and smart man, so learn from those mistakes. I do every day I'm in the shop. The crack may have happened for a number of reasons: the wood may have been too dry or the wedge to large. Who knows? You either use it as is or just make a new one. We, your audience is learning by watching it all. And by sharing your mistakes with us makes you human. It shows your only human like the rest of us. Some of the best woodworkers on RU-vid keep the mistakes in the video, to show what can happen and it makes the person more relatable.

Nice work!

😯 Amazing!

Drill the appropriate size hole in a one eigth thick piece of steel sheet ( If you don't want to use a lathe.) and hammer through with a wooden mallet. Rounding one end so as to gain access to the hole. Keeping as vertical as one can using a hand. Then, if needed, rub down with a very fine sandpaper. (Oxy-paper) Obviously the wood must be as close to the size you want to fit, before going through the hole in the steel.

Awesome thanks