Scandinavian Style Woodcarving Knives
All pictures on this page are of Judy Ritger’s work, or her hands at work. by Judy Ritger and Del Stubbs HISTORY: Kolrosing (pronounced “coal-rose-ing”) is a very old method of giving fine line surface decoration to wood. It started centuries ago with simply using the tip of ones’ belt knife to make fine decorative…
A strop for carving tools needs a very fine surface for accepting compound – yet is thin enough to not cause gross rounding of the micro bevel. I go through lots of hides at my leather wholesaler before I chose the ones that have a knap and thickness that is ideal. When you get…
An important aspect of sharpening is to lesson damage to a tool’s edge to start with… As a knife maker who respects his customers and his craft, I go to rather extreme efforts to make certain every bit of every edge I produce is flawlessly sharp. Below are two photos, one shows respect by the…