Author: PWFdel

Woodworker / toolmaker for 40 + years

I took this picture at the kitchen table of my spooncarver friend, Tom Dengler. One is by Ville Sundquist, a couple by myself, and the rest by Tom. If you have never eaten with wood spoons notice how new these tools-of-eating look, yet they get hard everyday service. They get more polished and fine with…

Made of 1/2 half inch plate steel with versatile mounting ability – horizontal or vertical. Quick change release, either right or left hand operation. Right or left hand control by repositioning thumb-nut and handle. Forward or reverse ability by repositioning the top plate. We don’t sell these wonderful tools – to purchase or learn more,…

Kolrosed Christmas Ornaments on display in a store, all done by John Carlson I have added these to our website because of his inventiveness in using color and cross-hatching to achive a more 3D effect. At the bottom of this page is a letter by him describing this process. Here is John’s letter about making…

This is a series of photos that I thought might help folk wanting to understand spoon carving forms. Below is a spoon I did for Norman Stevens’ spoon collection, it is carved in almond wood – which is so dense I did not need to use a bent branch to make a strong spoon. The…