How To Make Your Own Wood Carving Knife

When sharpening your whittling and wood carving knives you will want to target an edge angle between 12 degrees and 20 degrees inclusive.
How to make your own wood carving knife. Andy Andersons 1953 book. Whether youre new to wood carvingor youve been carving for a whilewe know how important it is to get a project right and complete a job well done that you can be proud of. How to Carve a Spoon Out of Wood.
Step 2 Shape the Handle and Back of Spoon. Split it a few times and with the ax roughly cut the handle into shape. Insert the drill bit into 1 of the holes in the tang.
Set the knife down on your drill plate with the tang facing up. Claude Boltons book Heads Hats and Hair also mentions home-made razor knives. Use a drill press to make the first hole using the tangs holes as a guide.
If the cutting edge is less than 12 degrees you run the risk of the edge being too narrow and rolling. How to carve characters in wood gives some instruction on making one. Step 6 Sand and Finish Your Spoon.
A Bowyers Woodworking Dream. Stop the drill press and lift the. Ive been hand making bows for over tw.
Step 3 Round the Bottom of the Spoon. Step 1 Wood Roughout. A fair test for edge holding ability is to do some cutting and see if the knife is still keen.