Working on My Knife Carving Skills 

No band-aides or blood on the wood, this is a good sign. Excellent work!

Wonderful to see you continuing to create in various ways, and to see Miss Pearl trotting along with you. :)

Nice looking piece. Great blending transition of the fish tail into the bowl of the spoon.

I love the coffee spoon Mike.. The way you incorporated the fish as the handle was brilliant. So cute. ♥️👍

It doesn't matter what tool you have in your hand, you still create art! Thanks for sharing.

I think your subscribers would like to see you do a carving of your sidekick Pearl. Who's with me

For someone that said his knife skills weren't all that good, this turned out AMAZING!!!

Pearl😂🐶👏🏻

Rewatching Again.. Why They Ask..? Because these Videos Are Just That Good. ~ Thank you Sir

Beautiful. Particularly love the way the tail meets the bowl of the spoon.

I've just carved my first spoon...it looks like a small rudimentary canoe but I'm so proud. I loved your video, this is what I aspire to - looking forward to watching more of you and Pearl's adventures 😊

You did a great job on widdling that piece of hardwood with a pocket knife Mike 👍👍and Pearl is still just as cute as ever 🫶

Pearl is soooo cute!

Mike this turned out great, I love to knife carve. It is so relaxing to just let the wood tell me what it wants to be, and I love seeing you with Pearl, we lost our 10 yr. old golden 2 weeks ago and it has been so heart breaking but seeing you and Pearl is a bright spot Thanks and your spoon looks great.

if i ever make it as far as you have in life man....i really hope that i can have a future like this. Sitting down in a rocking chair with some wood in nature just carving away...thats sounds like the dream

Looks great Mike . We don't have water birch but we do have white birch and it carves nice . Thanks for the video .

Sir, you are a wonderful person who works very professionally. Thank you

Mike agrees, you need to train constantly, like in sports. I have CNC machines, but I always do something with my hands, otherwise you forget the skills. Good luck friend! +

lovely piece, I love seeing Pearl she is adorable.

Your wood carving is much like my bead work. I picture in my mind the pattern and colors I wish to use and just let my hands be the guide and watch as my work comes to life.

Absolutely lovely Mike. I think Pearl agrees too. Thank you for sharing. Much love

That's great, Mike. Your "not very good" is still an expert touch. Hi to Pearl. Bill

Great job on the Coffee spoon. Gotta agree with you on being able to enjoy lifes simple pleasures. Kicking up your feet and enjoying the days while on your porch whittling is truely a blessing most dont know now a days. Only thing your missing is a tasty beverage.

Fantastic design, always good to see the end results of your woodworking, And little Pearl helping too.

Wow what a great idea Mike, My wife carved a beautiful white tail deer she made like a mount on the wall. I made a glass case for it . I just got out of hospital with neck surgery over a month no voice, I got it back a few days ago. I started to think my wife had my voice box removed LOL God bless to you and family Mike

Cualquier trozo de madera con usted se vuelve una obra de arte

День добрый ! Всегда смотрю ваши ролики!Красивые работы !👍

Wonderful craftsmanship! Each of your handmade pieces are one of a kind and have their own unique features.

Beautiful. ❤ Pearl.

A creative and beautiful coffee spoon, Mike you never cease to amaze me.

I like your Coffee spoon/scoop. You did a good job! I have done a lot of wood carving and still have my tools. It is very relaxing. I appreciate your videos and have your book. I have never seen anyone who can carve, paint, and finish a wood carved snake like you do. YOU are EXCELLENT at your work. Keep it up.

Now that’s something I have to try , I have done spoons and forks , knifes . But just plain handle’s , I like that fish handle , maybe a bullet one or something else. Awesome job thanks for showing and getting me thinking.

Thank you for saying that carving with a knife is difficult. Coming from you this makes me feel better about the projects that I take on with my pocket knife. I love pocket knife carving, but the "finished product" is always very rough. Great coffee spoon! This has definitely inspired me to try something like this in the future.

Buon pomeriggio dall' Italia 🤗🇮🇹 Mike , bellissimo il progetto del cucchiaio la tua arte è sempre speciale ❣️

Whatever you do, it's always a pleasure to watch.

Thats pretty neat Mr. Stinnett. Great job. Man of many talents.

*Kia ora (hello) Mike, going back to basis of 'whittling' is always good to remind oneself, how it was all done back in the day. To incorporate a spoon with a fish handle is gorgeous. Thanks again as I love your videos. Give Pearl a pat from me again. 🙂nz*

Beautiful spoon!!! I also want to say Pearl is the best partner and friend you could have. She really is a "pearl"

Very unique project. I really liked the way you carved the fishes tail on the bottom of the spoon. And I believe Peral is starting to try and steal the show.

It’s so much more peaceful than power carving

Wonderful finished product! You are multi-talented! Pearl cracks me up sometimes. 😆 You live in a beautiful part of the country. I’m in the Ozarks, and we heard the first spring peeper tree frogs a few days ago. I guess spring is here early.

I love to see you carve Mike! You inspired me to carve my own walking sticks and some spoons and generally working with wood... good to know you and pearl are doing good! Love from Chile!

Waaaauuuuu is an amazing desing, maked a piece of art with a simple stick

This is a great carving idea for one of my camping trips by the lake

Lovely video Mike. Right back to the roots with nothing but a sharp edge. Pearls looking well fed!

Great work again Mike,that log with the nice green moss made it stand out when you placed it down.

It looked like Pearl was voting against pear wood. I laughed. Good job, Mike!

You keep whittling, and I'll keep watching... TNX 4 VID LOL

Mignonnette est dosette pour croquettes de Pearl. adorable😊

Way more patient than me. I normally go too far before stopping to sharpen or hone my blade and end up taking too long. Great looking spoon!

I enjoy seeing your creativity in all your various projects. The trout spoon turned out beautiful. It makes me think of trout fishing ( and eating ) this spring. Thanks for sharing.

ดูเหมือนง่ายมากๆ สำหรับการผลิตชิ้นงานคุณ งานฝีมือสวยงามมากครับ

Practice make perfect. I love the paw print on pears back

Terrific carving of that coffee scoop Mike & I see that Pearl also wholeheartedly approved as well! Love that Dog! 🐶🐶👍👍

Nice! Especially the tail detail on the back!

When I've had a hectic or trying day, it's always so relaxing to watch you and Pearl making art

I used blackthorn and pear wood for a project. both very hard woods but i loved the colours so much, i could not resist. and the natural forms they give are just awesome. in the end its so worth it if the time and patience can be put into it.

Amazing 👏

That’s awesome! You can do anything with wood. Your amazing 🤩

The Trout Coffee Scoop would surely brighten the user's day, and most likely make their coffee taste better as well, Mike. It's delightful. 👍

Lovely video as always. Very clever design. Pearl is such a lovely little dog.

Thanks for the video my friend

Mr.Stinnett yout videos are the most rewarding and relaxing on the Internet!! Thanks SO much for the great outdoors and wonderful music you ad to your videos!!!! You are a young man Iam an OLD TIMER that carves with an OLD TIMER pocket knife!!!!! Ha ha ha!! You are great whatever you do,very talented ( a gift from GOD( JESUS) my savior!!!! May JESUS bless you and yours .... always!!!! 😊

Pearl was saying " look at this stunning work my human has done " 😁 And she's absolutely rigth, i'm always so amazed by your art 😊. Greetings for you and Cuddles to miss Pearl 😊

Mike, Thanks for another great video, but it's a little ironic that you should post this one today. I spent the rare sunny afternoon going in the opposite direction, working on getting more familiar with the rotary shaft since these old hands don't have the grip strength to whittle for hours like I used to. I do like the peace and quiet of knife work--listening to the creek and the birds. Your videos have shown me so much of what the bits can do that I'm thinking I need to get some practice with that since I have a lot of interesting wood waiting in the shed that I want to get to. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Thanks also for mentioning Treeline. They had the pelican blades that I had been looking for for a long time. Pats to Pearl!

Excelente saludos desdé puruandiro Michoacán México👍👍👍👏👏👏

lovely project mike so relaxing to watch and enjoy

that really is nice

We missed you!! ❤️🪵

I love you videos old man, hugs from Brazil, God bless u sir

Que perfeita linda 😍 colher, que lugar de paz seu dog e linda 😍 abraço

Love watching your skills,it helps me with mine,thanks

Congratulations here from Brazil. I'm learning with you and your precious work.

Turned out amazing. Looks like you and Pearl really enjoyed the beautiful weather been nice here in Iowa as well. Keep up the great videos

Love the spoons , I enjoy making them myself.

Вы очень приятный человек.И занимаетесь любимым делом.Очень рад за вас.

Another episode of Mike finding the secret shapes in wood. ❤

Loved your video and the knowledge you share. Keep posting and I will keep watching.

I love to carve little characters. I make up stories about each one and every character connects to each other. All my characters live in a fictional place call Carving Town. Never is boring

My blood pressure just went back down to normal while watching this relaxing and enjoyable video! Really turned out great and love the music too! PBS TV should run your videos! Reminds me a little of the documentary of the man who built a cabin in the Alaska wilderness. Dick Proenneke. Nice Dog too!

That looks really good sir.thanks for sharing this video with us.

Amigo sou do Brasil, admiro muito seu trabalho. E uma coisa que me deixa feliz é seu trabalho feito sempre com seu cachorrinho ao lado, que Deus abençoe sempre 🙏🙏🙏

Very cool Mike! ....I myself would've probably used up my entire supply of Band-Aids before I was halfway finished!

Nicely done Mr Stinnett. I couldn't carve with knives im too clumsy.

fun little project very nicely done sir God bless

Приветствую Майк! Благодарю за видео. Я не знаю английский, но это мне не мешает смотреть твои выпуски всё и так понятно без слов, очень душевно и интересно. Здоровья, творческих успехов.🤗🤝

Very cool carving, I've been using the better snap-off style knives from Home Depot for a few years now, started using them on vacation when I had left my tools at home. I really love the ultra sharp blades on a pen knife, I feel like I'm drawing my carvings.

Amazing work ! Beautiful spoon !

Thank you my friend...

That's really good work.

Superb craftsmanship! :)

GREAT VIDEO as Always 🤠

Mike, I carve spoons and I use river birch here in Kentucky. It carves really nice and easy. Great video!!

Mike I would say you're really a highly skilled (knife carver) whittler! Thanks for sharing, I'm going to mention this video in the next episode of Wood Carving Weekly.

Nice :)

Stunning work as always sir.

No words 😊 it's Amazing ❤❤❤

Amazing! I exclusively whittle with knives, on the exception I have to use a gouge for certain things. You inspired me to get a micro carving tool so I could add more detail to my carvings. Hope to see more of your creations 👍 I find that wooden clothes pegs make really good little alligators 😁

Excelente proyecto maestro,al final se ve espectacular,creo que en el reino animal ,hay un pez (cara de cuchara) o pez cuchara literalmente, gracias por compartir sus hermosos trabajos,un cordial saludo y por supuesto un merecido like desde Narón (Galicia)👍🤓😜

Nice one Mike, very inspirational for those maybe considering, but on the fence. Used to love just sitting and carving/whittling when I was a youngster with just my pocket knife, really do need to get myself a few carving knives and start back. Nice little "hack" with the mini diamond files, they are so fantastic for that sort of thing, really help save on sanding, one of the best purchases I made a few years back for wood or metal.