Over the past 20 years, I have had the chance to whittle with several dozens of different types of knives. Some of these knives ranged from your basic every day pocket knife to specialized wood...
Category: Wood Carving Tips
Sometimes you are going to run across a particularly hard piece of wood to carve and knowing how to make the wood softer and easier to carve can allow you to safely continue carving. The best...
If you are new to wood carving, knowing where to find a place that supplies all the tools you need may be a little difficult. Most hardware stores and hobby stores just sell the low quality, off...
Over the years, I have carved dozens of different species of wood from the super soft balsa wood to the super dense live oak. Each species of wood vary in carving difficulty that beginners and...
Is Balsa Wood Good for Whittling and Wood Carving? How Does it Compare?
After carving with a wide variety of woods over the years, I have found some wood that is an absolute joy to carve while some are stubborn or just difficult to work with. These differences can be...
Complete Guide to Stropping Compounds – Color Guide and Types
In order to achieve the sharpest knife or tool edge possible, honing the tool with a strop after sharpening is mandatory. Without further refining the cutting edge of the tool with progressively...