Scandinavian Style Woodcarving Knives
For making the mortise: Purchase the narrowest and coarsest jig-saw (saber-saw) blade your hardware store sells, (here’s a link to an example: http://www.homedepot.com/p/qv/202256384 ) Take a handle-sized piece of wood, nothing fancy for now, a bit bigger than a finished handle is good for starters.. Find a drill bit with a diameter that is the same…
(If you do not have access to birch bark, cereal box cardboard works pretty good!) Birch bark is the preferred material because of its natural ‘tack’ – which has a nice drag on a knife to keep the sheath from sliding off. This is the traditional sheath material of Scandinavia. However, most folk do not…
Hand Carved Birds by Del Stubbs From One Piece of Solid Wood (I no longer make these – but thought to leave up the page for folk to see) I first discovered this type of carving in 1990 while traveling in Sweden – where it is called Spån Fågel (pronounced spone fogel) meaning shaving bird.…
Spoon crooks, also called elbows, are the natural bend in a branch or small tree. This is the preferred wood for spoon carving. Crooks are most commonly caused by a branch taking a turn where a small limb protrudes or where one has broken off. Trees are full of crooks, naturally, but only a…