Hans karlsson adze5/27/2023 ![]() the larger hickory one is 30 oz., the smaller one is an equally hard unknown wood, and weighs 18 oz. My friend Drew Langsner, who has made so many hewn bowls it’s not funny, uses a steel hammer, with hooped gouges. When I next indulge in bowl carving tools, it will be some Hans Karlsson gouges that Country Workshops sells. Shallow sweeps, these are clean-up tools. In some deep bowls, I have used these gouges, (poorly named “spoon” gouges – though you can’t effectively use them for spoons) – about 3/4″ – 1″ wide. I sometimes use a few other tools occasionally a straight-bladed carving gouge, like a wide #5, on the outside of the bowl. The best new gouge I have is one made by Nic Westermann, his “swan neck” gouge. I have one narrow # 5, about 3/4″ wide, to finish off the shapes when the bowl is dry. My garden-variety ones are Swiss-Made, wide mostly, around 1 1/2″ wide. I use mostly bent gouges those that have a long curve in the shank. (if you’re inclined, write Matt about getting one gouges. Here you see the new (left) and old (right) – I’m not sure the old one was ever as long as the new one is…did I really sharpen away that much metal in 25 years?Ī nice new leather guard made by one of my students, Matt Schror, complete with embossed dragon. I just bought this 2nd one this year, knowing that when teaching it would be helpful to have some extra tools for students to try. It’s made by Hans Karlsson, I got my first one from Country Workshops many years ago & it remains one of their most popular tools. So I’ll skip over those and go right to the adze I use for initial hollowing. The hatchets/axes I use are the same for spoon carving double-bevels, curved cutting edges. I’ll show you the tools I use for this work, but I haven’t really concentrated on much bowl carving over the years, so only have a few tools for that work. and Īs I have been hewing the tulip poplar bowls, I’ve had some questions about those tools. ![]() I wrote a couple of posts about the spoon carving tools I use axes, knives and hook knives. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped us set up & break down.Īnd just like that, it was over. Some were here longer or shorter and one-by-one they trickled out as they had come in. And we all had multiple interactions like this over & over during our days together. We could have gone on for hours, and in fact picked right up again a day later and did. Tim Manney arrived and he & I immediately launched into a long discussion about chairs, chairmaking friends, and all things related. One by one our instructors trickled in and it’s always a highlight of our year when we get to spend so much time with our far-flung friends. Running even a smaller-scale event like this – one day instead of three, about 75 attendees instead of 125 – still requires a lot of setup and breakdown. I worked with some folks on knife grips at one point – Tim Manney did his sharpening scene at Spoon day they were lined up all day to work their edges with him. Here’s the class photo from JoJo’s class for women The responses that we’ve heard were glowingly positive. As far as I we can tell, it all went swimmingly. ![]() The venue for Spoon Day was Bay End Farm an idyllic spot down in Bourne, Massachusetts. The one-day event was wedged in between two 2-day courses taught by Dave Fisher and JoJo Wood. We didn’t even know what Spoon Day would be & we knew it they’d flip out over it. We have a very receptive and generous audience. Last week we finished up several woodworking classes and our first-ever “ Spoon Day.” Plymouth CRAFT is really lucky. ![]() So more are on Plymouth CRAFT’s facebook page. I boosted a number of photos from Marie Pelletier and Rick McKee – and Paula Marcoux did too, but that’s what they shoot them for. ![]()
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