Lime
This lime is sourced for us from a Sawmill in Yorkshire. It is British lime wood (also known as basswood or linden)
A favourite with woodcarvers because it is one of the easiest woods to carve with consistent grain and very few knots.
Pale yellow - white.
It is kiln dried, with one planed face and sealed edges.
Lime wood is soft and crisp, making it ideal for intricate carving and working...
Narex Spoon Bent Gouge
A Narex gouge specifically designed for spoon making. The carving tool is spoon bent which makes it easier to hollow a recess. It also has a comfortable, longer than normal (to allow 2 hands for control) octagonal barrell shaped handle made from stained beech.
Narex have used a chrome-silicon alloy steel which is heat treated to 59HRc (which basically means it will take a good edge). Comes sharpened...
Flexcut 3' Draw Knife KN25
This handy little draw knife by Flexcut was developed for fan carving but works great for skinning small areas of bark and roughing-off corners.
Made in the USA by Flexcut.
Flexcut 5' Flexible Draw Knife KN16
This flexible Flexcut draw knife has 5 inches of workable edge, designed to flex around contours where large amounts of stock need to be removed quickly. The tool can be flexed to accommodate concave or convex surfaces. Cuts can be made that conform more closely to the finished shape, taking less time to sand or scrape. The curved edge gives a skew-like cutting action for a low resistance cut. This...
MoraKniv 220 Push Knife
Whilst this looks like a traditional drawknife, this is actually sold as a wood splitting knife. The idea being that you take your larger chunks of wood and split them into smaller pieces of kindling that are easier to light.
It is double bevelled (has a bevel either side like a kitchen knife), whereas drawknives are single bevelled. However you can still use this for other purposes than just splitting...
Pfeil Large Straight Drawknife
This Pfeil Straight Drawshave comes with a goatskin case and has cherry handles.
The blade is 250mm in length and the overall length is 440mm.
Classic carpenters design with straight back and straight blade.
Pfeil Small Straight Drawknife
Pfeil Small straight drawknife with cherry handles.
Overall length 310mm with a cutting edge of 120mm.
Ray Iles 6" Drawknife Sheath
Hand made by Ray Iles in-house cobbler in brown leather. Keep you and your drawknife safe and protected from the elements and any potential accidents.
The smaller sized sheath (6") fits the Ray Iles Gents Drawknife and the Ray Iles 6" Drawknife.
Ray Iles 6' Gent's Drawknife
This Gent's drawknife made by Ray Iles is a delicate drawknife which has a 6" cutting edge and slightly splayed handles. It is made from O1 high carbon tool steel and is fitted with beautiful curved boxwood handles and brass ferrules.
Made in England
Ray Iles 6' Small Draw Knife
The Ray Iles 6" drawknife is a standard carpenter's drawknife, made from 01 high carbon steel and fitted with beech handles and brass ferrules.
Made in England
Ray Iles 8" Drawknife Sheath
Hand made by Ray Iles in-house cobbler in brown leather. Keep you and your drawknife safe and protected from the elements and any potential accidents.
The large sheath (8") fits the Mike Abbott Pattern Drawknife
Ray Iles 8' Mike Abbott Pattern Draw Knife
This drawknife designed by Mike Abbott and manufactured by Ray Iles has a 8" cutting edge, with beech handles. This 8" drawing knife has slightly flared handles which are bent backwards, meaning the handles are at approximately the same angle, whether you are using them back down, or cannel down.
Made in England
Veritas Carvers Drawknife - PM-V11
An ordinary drawknife is too large for most carving - the Veritas drawknife is designed for ease of use with maximum control.
The teardrop-shaped handles are cocked at 45° to the blade and nestle comfortably in your hands. The polished 4" x 1/8" x 3/4" blade is ground and honed to a perfect edge, and is supplied with a blade guard.
The drawknife blade is custom made for us...
Oscar Rush Small Bowl Adze
A hand forged 30mm diameter hand adze with a compound sweep profile to the cutting edge (more of a U profile).
The head weight is approximately 450g with a 210mm - 215mm long (just over 8'') hand carved, faceted, kin dried ash handle.
The leather adze cover is made by Oscar using Italian leather with solid brass rivets (these are much stronger than cap rivets).
This adze has been...
Oscar Rush Large Bowl Adze
A hand forged 50mm diameter hand adze with elliptical sweep profile to the cutting edge.
The head weight is approximately 600g with a 230mm - 235mm long (just over 9''), hand carved, faceted, kin dried ash handle.
The leather adze cover is made by Oscar using Italian leather with solid brass rivets (these are much stronger than cap rivets).
This adze has been carefully designed for...
Oscar Rush Small Carving Axe
A small carving axe for all sizes of carving.
This stout hand forged carving axe has a 95mm - 100mm (4'') edge - SYMMETRICAL grind (also known as double grind).
The head weight is approximately 475 - 500g.
If striking the poll, do so with a wooden mallet (not a steel hammer).
Handle - hand carved 275mm - 285mm long (just over 11''), faceted, kin dried ash handle.
The...
Oscar Rush Medium Carving Axe
A standard weight carving axe retaining a relatively compact design but with a broader curved edge for slicy cuts.
This carving axe has a 120mm - 125mm (5'') edge - SYMMETRICAL grind only for this axe (also known as double grind).
The head weight is approximately 625g. If striking the poll, do so with a wooden mallet (not a steel hammer)
The handle - hand carved 300mm - 320mm long...
Oscar Rush Large Carving Axe - Double Grind
A large carving axe with a really broad edge (DOUBLE SYMMETRICAL grind), designed to throw big chips!
This axe will still work well in the right hands when creating smaller carvings.
145mm - 150mm (6'') edge - SYMMETRICAL grind.
The head weight is approximately 850 - 900g - SO BEWARE THIS IS QUITE A BEAST
NOTE - Should you wish to strike the poll, please do so with a wooden mallet...
Oscar Rush Large Carving Axe - Right Grind
Large carving axe (RIGHT GRIND) with a really broad edge, designed to throw big chips!
This axe will still work well in the right hands when creating smaller carvings.
145mm - 150mm (6'') edge - RIGHT grind.
The head weight is approximately 850 - 900g - SO BEWARE THIS IS QUITE A BEAST
NOTE - Should you wish to strike the poll, please do so with a wooden mallet (not a steel hammer).
Handle...
Oscar Rush Large Carving Axe - Left Grind
A large carving axe with a really broad edge (left grind), designed to throw big chips!
This axe will still work well in the right hands when creating smaller carvings.
145mm - 150mm (6'') edge - LEFT grind.
The head weight is approximately 850 - 900g - SO BEWARE THIS IS QUITE A BEAST
NOTE - Should you wish to strike the poll, please do so with a wooden mallet (not a steel hammer).
Handle...
Oscar Rush Side Axe - Right Grind
A hand forged, 130mm -135mm (5 1/4'') edge side axe. RIGHT grind.
The head weight is approximately 775g
Handle - 320mm long (just over 12'') hand carved, faceted, kin dried ash handle.
The leather cover is made by Oscar using Italian leather with solid brass rivets (these are much stronger than cap rivets).
The axe is belt sharpened (2000 grit) and then polished on a wheel...
Oscar Rush Side Axe - Left Grind
A hand forged, 130mm - 135mm (5 1/4'') edge side axe. LEFT grind.
The head weight is approximately 775g.
Handle - 320mm long (just over 1'') hand carved, faceted, kin dried ash handle.
The leather cover is made by Oscar using Italian leather with solid brass rivets (these are much stronger than cap rivets).
This axe has been carefully designed as an all rounder rather than...
Gransfors Bruk Small Hatchet 410
The Gransfors Bruk small hatchet is the baby of them all weighing just 11 ounces and with a 2½" face and 11" hickory handle. Ideal for splitting kindling.
Book and protective leather sheath included.
Gransfors Bruk Wildlife Hatchet 415
The Gransfors Bruk Wildlife Hatchet is a small, light axe which can be easily carried, protected by its leather sheath, inside your backpack or on your belt. With this small axe you can cut branches in the garden or chop and split sticks for a camp fire.
This little hatchet may awake memories and dreams of exciting camps and adventures.
Length including the Hickory handle is 34cm (13.5")....
Gransfors Bruk Hand Hatchet 413
The distinguishing feature of the Gränsfors Hand Hatchet is its short handle relative to the size of its head. It is extremely practical to carry in your rucksack on forest walks. The shape of the sheath, which covers the edge and the top part of the poll, also stops the axe head cutting into your rucksack. The Hand Hatchet makes an excellent scouting and camping axe. Despite its short handle, the...
The Robin Wood Carving Axe
A razor sharp axe from Wood Tools that will do anything from felling small trees to splitting firewood, where it really excels is as a carving axe.
The weight of the head is 550g and the total weight around 720g (1lb 11oz), handle length is 12.5" (31cm). This is a great mid weight carving axe that most people will use easily without getting tired, yet still heavy enough to remove wood quickly.
A...
Robin Wood Large Carving Axe
A large head with a long cutting edge, a flat grind for carving and a curvy ergonomic handle. A textured handle gives it beautiful grip in use. This heavier version of the Wood Tools carving axe is ideal for larger work like bowl carving, or for the stronger carver who is looking for something with a bit more power.
The natural wood materials and hand grinding means there will be some aesthetic...
Lee Valley Cast Round Spokeshave
Founded in 1825, Edward Preston & Sons, Ltd. produced some of the finest tools of the Victorian age. Lee Valley have created a close replica of their model 1374 round-bottomed spokeshave, a tool as elegant as it is effective.
Smaller than typical spokeshaves at 6¾" long overall, it is designed for fine smoothing and shaping, with a tight mouth opening that helps reduce tear-out,...
Lie-Nielsen Boggs Spokeshave
The original Boggs Spokeshave is hefty and solid, weighing 12 oz. Designed for fine, precise shaping in all woods. Available with either a flat or curved sole.
Body is 10" long with a 1" wide flat sole.
The sole of the Curved Spokeshave has a gentle, 5" radius for working inside curves.
2" wide x 1/8" thick A2 blade.
Bronze body and cap.
Hickory handles.
Weight is 12 oz.
Lie-Nielsen Small Spokeshave
This Lie Nielsen spokeshave is based on a lovely tool that hasn’t been available since Edward Preston and Sons went out of business in the 1930’s.
Lightweight but solid.
Redesigned for fine, precise shaping work in all woods.
Available with a flat or curved sole (1-1/2" radius).
6-3/4" long, with a 5/8" wide sole
Bronze body and cap with with an A-2 cyro blade...
Veritas Flat Spokeshave PM-V11
The Veritas flat spokeshave has a 1/8" (0.125") thick PM-V11 tool steel blade, seated at 45° to the sole.
The thick blade, carefully machined lever cap and blade bed all combine to produce chatterfree cutting in most situations.
The ductile cast iron body is fitted with African rosewood handles that are shaped for comfort and control, offering several ways to grip the tool comfortably...
Veritas Low Angle Spokeshave
The Veritas Spokeshave uses a basic traditional shape, not of the spokeshaves of the last century, but of the century before.
Until about 1900, the vast majority of spokeshaves were low-angle spokeshaves with wooden bodies. The blades were hand forged with upturned tangs that fitted into holes pierced in the body of the shave. Wedged in position, they were adjusted by tapping the ends of the...
Veritas Round Spokeshave PM-V11
The Veritas Round Spokeshave has a 3.2mm thick PM-V11 steel blade, which fits perfectly onto the machined blade.
The ductile cast iron body is fitted with hardwood handles, shaped for comfort and control. The toe serves as a thumb rest allowing the user to choke up on the body to attain exceptional control. Twin adjustment wheels quickly and accurately control cut depth and skew and shims let...
Kuksa - A Guide to Hand Carved Wooden Cups
By Paul Adamson,
Paul has been carving wooden cups or Kuksa for over ten years, and along the way has learnt what the problems are and overcome many of them.
After being asked many times how to make them, he thought he would produce a book to teach others how to make them.
This paperback book contains 78 pages with lots of full colour pictures to explain the styles and shapes, tools and equipment,...
Make a Folding Spoon
By Jane Mickelborough
Make a Folding Spoon is a comprehensive 'how to' guide on carving your own wooden, folding, spoon. It includes plans to help you develop and design your own style as well as old spoons that you can learn from. Written and illustrated by Jane in a unique, comic book style.
"I am so pleased to introduce you to this wonderful book Make A Folding Spoon by Jane Mickleborough......
Making Traditional English Wooden Eating Spoons
By Eric Rogers
Learn how to make traditional English wooden eating spoons with Eric Rogers
Of all the materials used by our forefathers wood was undoubtedly the most common but is the least represented in museums today.
Churches and timber framed houses preserve some of the grander uses of wood but very few everyday artifacts survive.
Tens of thousands of wooden spoons must have been thrown...
Sharp
Sharpening for all - green woodwork, workshops, bushcraft, gardening, carepentry, forestry, builders, cooking and craft
Sharp is a book that will guide the reader through the principles and practice of sharpening.
From definitions and requirements in the chapter 'What is Sharp?' and through chapters explaining edge geometry, how to observe the edge to determine correct sharpening procedures required,...
Shaving Horses, Lap Shaves, and Other Woodland Vices
By Sean Hellman
Sean's book contains over 400 colour photographs and illustrations to demonstrate all stages and processes of making, using, and celebrating these traditional wood-braking devices.
It also provides plans and techniques that span instructions for beginners, to more complex designs, tool use and repair, and contemporary variations on traditional designs.
From the foreword written...
Slojd in Wood
by Jögge Sundqvist
We'd like you to visit the world of slöjd, a place where people make the things they need using simple tools and materials that are all around them.
Your guide on this journey is Jögge Sundqvist, who has been making things with his hands and little bits of steel since he was a boy. To join in, you need only a knife and a few other simple tools to make useful...
The Slojd Tradition with Jogge Sundqvist (DVD)
Learn some of the methods and techniques behind Slöjd, the self sufficient tradition from Sweden that emphasizes hand work and handicraft. Jögge Sundqvist walks you through the process of making a spatula and a cheese board from green wood. He also demonstrates different types of letter carving and decorative carving.
Jögge Sundqvist is a Swedish woodworker and carver who started learning knife...
Greenwood Spoon Carving
By: Emmet Van Driesche
Carving a spoon from a piece of freshly harvested wood is a rewarding – and challenging – pastime. Tremendous knowledge about the properties of wood, and grain, and the use of sharp edge tools can be gleaned through this seemingly simple practice. There is more to it than meets the eye.
But many would-be spoon carvers don’t know where to begin. What...
Karvsnitt: Carving, Pattern & Color in the Slojd Tradition
by Jögge Sundqvist
You can download an excerpt from this book here.
Cutting patterns and symbols in wood, and enhancing them with vibrant colour, are folk traditions kept alive in the slöjd craft. Through decorations imbued with meaning, chip carving has given soul to slöjd woodcraft throughout history. Even today, chip carving offers a natural complement to an artfully crafted...
Compound Curve Spoon Knife (Left Handed)
A high quality spoon knife from Wood Tools designed for use with a combined 30 years of spoon carving experience.
The knives are made from an excellent high alloy steel, very hard and tough so they hold an edge for a long time. They come razor sharp and ready to use. The handles are beech and around 7.5″ long, allowing for a great range of grips to be used efficiently.
This compound curve...
Compound Curve Spoon Knife (Right Handed)
A high quality spoon knife from Wood Tools designed for use with a combined 30 years of spoon carving experience.
The knives are made from an excellent high alloy steel, very hard and tough so they hold an edge for a long time. They come razor sharp and ready to use. The handles are beech and around 7.5″ long, allowing for a great range of grips to be used efficiently.
This compound curve...
Flexcut Double Bevel Sloyd Hook Knife KN51
The Flexcut Double Bevel Sloyd Hook Knife is ideal for carving spoons, bowls, ladles and other deep hollowed work.
It features a double-sided blade with a square, sharpened end. For added strength, the tang of each knife extends completely through the beautifully conditioned Cherry hardwood handle. It also features a brass ferrule for added stability. The overall length of this knife is 8½"...
Flexcut Single Bevel Sloyd Hook Knife KN52
The Flexcut Single Bevel Sloyd Hook Knife is perfect for forming the hollows of spoons and bowls.
The deeply curved, single-edged blade is sharpened all the way to the pointed tip. For added strength, the tang of each knife extends completely through the beautifully conditioned Cherry hardwood handle. It also features a brass ferrule for added stability. The overall length of this knife is 8"...
Flexcut Sloyd Knife KN50
The Flexcut Sloyd Knife comes razor sharp and ready for use. Much like traditionally designed Swedish tools, this carving knife is a durable, well made tool, ideal for spoon carving, whittling, marking, and general woodworking and handicrafts.
Its versatility allows you to use it for a wide range of wood carving projects from detail work to roughing. Use it to shave bark or use its fine tip for...
MoraKniv 106 Sloyd Woodcarving Knife
The Mora 106 Sloyd woodcarving knife has a slightly longer blade than the 120 for larger cuts. The thin (2.8mm thick by 82mm long) blade is made from carbon steel which is easier to sharpen, and will ultimately give you a better edge over the laminated blades. Comes sharp, ready to go to work. The handle is made from oiled birch which is barrell shaped to give good grip. The tang runs the full length...