Now it´s always some sort of challenge to choose the right presents for Chrismas. I found out even people who are normally not into blades much really like those Opinels. I mean, it´s obvious they cut like mad and even serve a great job in the kitchen. To add some personality to it, I love to carve them. It´s quick and easily done, does not impair the function and makes for an absolutely unique knife. The one on the left I made for my uncle, who unfortunately;-) has his birthday on Chrismas, the poor fellow. It´s a No. 9 with a carbon steel blade. The carving is burned with a spruce resin / beeswax / linseed oil finish.
This one now lives in Fritz´ pocket, the "boy";-) friend of my mother. Same finish, but he likes shorter ones, so a No. 8 this time, carbon steel again.
Sitting beside the creek, I brought myself some aged yew for a coat hanger. The branch needs to have another branch forking away asymmetri...
I had some HSS steel (DMo5) lying around, pre-hardened to 64HRC and gave it a go to make some carving knives from it. Now you often hear t...
You all have read my post about the Knifemaker´s Fair in Solingen Klingenmuseum which...
The other day I came across some wild bamboo that is invasive to Germany, so out came the pocket knife. I sawed off a section, carved off...
Came across a tree full of wonderful oyster mushrooms and took home some of them. I gave them a quick boil and boiled some red lentils (ab...
This is part of my not exactly tiny collection of German hunting knives, representatives of a very distinct and ancient style of knife. Y...
On a recent hike I came across a really nice specimen of chicken of the woods (laetiporous sulphurea, in German: Schwefelporling), grown on ...
Dunno if you know that feeling... you got that idea nagging at the back of your brain, but it is just too weird, so you don't get starte...
This is another really simple and rewarding project. Carving a container from Bamboo is well suited for kids and beginners, too. The conta...