What have you been whittling with your traditionals?

JM2 said:
I’d like to see some in process pics of one of those.
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Here is.

I use a 2x2x2 inches (5x5x5 cm). Each face of the cube is divided in 1 cm side squares. The greyed squares are the extremities of the rings.

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Remove the wood around the rings.

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Until you get this :

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Take care to the symetry to don't end up with twisted rings.
Now you have to separate the rings. It's the tricky part. I advise to work on both the 3 rings progressively to don't break one of them.

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If it works you will get this:

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Now you have to refine the rings shape.

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Two things to take in count.
More you progress smaller the chips. Initiate carefully each cut to check you don't work against the grain with the risk of a split.
In a previous post i've mentionned i soak the wood. I've to correct one thing. Before working on fine details it's better to dry the wood slowly in a cold place like a fridge. You will get neater cuts.

Now sharpen your 62 and enjoy !

Dan.
 
Wonderful post, thanks so much for that. I am just starting out carving and you helped me to visualize and plan a project. Much appreciated.
 
I did this about 4 years ago. The cradle I made for my boy. Wild Willie Wild Willie

I don’t show this off much because I once did show it and folks started in with how they would never put a baby in it and it didn’t meet X laws.

What does this have to do with knives you might ask? Well, I debarked and smoothed the knots in the spirals with my case trapper. These are all spirals I harvested while hiking or hunting.
https://imgur.com/mngz8re
 
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Pretty exceptional. I'd have let my kids sleep in it. It's a wonder that mankind has lasted as long as we have without the government and doctors around to tell us how to raise our children...

Edited to add: I applaud your skills sir, there's no way I'd have patience for such an undertaking. Were it not for Ms. Wild Willie the kids would be on mattresses set right on the floor. I hate putting bed frames together.
 
JM2 said:
I did this about 4 years ago. The cradle I made for my boy. Wild Willie Wild Willie

I don’t show this off much because I once did show it and folks started in with how they would never put a baby in it and it didn’t meet X laws.

What does this have to do with knives you might ask? Well, I debarked and smoothed the knots in the spirals with my case trapper. These are all spirals I harvested while hiking or hunting.
https://imgur.com/mngz8re
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That is a beautiful cradle Sir, and will certainly be an heirloom! Thank you for sharing it!
 
JM2 said:
I did this about 4 years ago. The cradle I made for my boy. Wild Willie Wild Willie

I don’t show this off much because I once did show it and folks started in with how they would never put a baby in it and it didn’t meet X laws.

What does this have to do with knives you might ask? Well, I debarked and smoothed the knots in the spirals with my case trapper. These are all spirals I harvested while hiking or hunting.
https://imgur.com/mngz8re
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The work and detail are phenomenal. That is a functional work of art that should be displayed
 
JM2 said:
I did this about 4 years ago. The cradle I made for my boy. Wild Willie Wild Willie

I don’t show this off much because I once did show it and folks started in with how they would never put a baby in it and it didn’t meet X laws.

What does this have to do with knives you might ask? Well, I debarked and smoothed the knots in the spirals with my case trapper. These are all spirals I harvested while hiking or hunting.
https://imgur.com/mngz8re
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Awesome! Fantastic work! Please do show off your work. 👍

But from that photo, it looks like your boy, Wild Willie, won't fit in there. 😉
 
dantzk8 said:
Here is.

I use a 2x2x2 inches (5x5x5 cm). Each face of the cube is divided in 1 cm side squares. The greyed squares are the extremities of the rings.

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Remove the wood around the rings.

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Until you get this :

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Take care to the symetry to don't end up with twisted rings.
Now you have to separate the rings. It's the tricky part. I advise to work on both the 3 rings progressively to don't break one of them.

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If it works you will get this:

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Now you have to refine the rings shape.

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Two things to take in count.
More you progress smaller the chips. Initiate carefully each cut to check you don't work against the grain with the risk of a split.
In a previous post i've mentionned i soak the wood. I've to correct one thing. Before working on fine details it's better to dry the wood slowly in a cold place like a fridge. You will get neater cuts.

Now sharpen your 62 and enjoy !

Dan.
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That’s awesome. thank you. May have to pull out my 62. What kind of wood is that?
 
screened porch said:
The earliest dated example is dated 1667. There is absolutely no documentary evidence of how far back it goes, according to Trefor M. Owen's Welsh Folk Customs.
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Thanks for the historical info, Jer. :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:
I haven't googled either of these "guesses", but in the lyrics below, I'm guessing that Blodwyn is a traditional Welsh female name, and that mining was once a traditional Welsh occupation.

I put away the knife, the chisel and the saw
I've locked away my life behind this old oak door
To make a simple spoon, a token of my love
In hope that maybe soon, it's me you're thinking of

So take my spoon, Blodwyn
Make it soon, Blodwyn
The valley knows the way I feel today
So take my spoon, Blodwyn
Make it soon, Blodwyn
Before some other spoon takes you away

My life may not be long, was working down below
For so much can go wrong, but what else do I know?
So take these precious years and make them precious too
And say you'll take from me what I will give to you

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
Thanks for the historical info, Jer. :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:
I haven't googled either of these "guesses", but in the lyrics below, I'm guessing that Blodwyn is a traditional Welsh female name, and that mining was once a traditional Welsh occupation.

I put away the knife, the chisel and the saw
I've locked away my life behind this old oak door
To make a simple spoon, a token of my love
In hope that maybe soon, it's me you're thinking of

So take my spoon, Blodwyn
Make it soon, Blodwyn
The valley knows the way I feel today
So take my spoon, Blodwyn
Make it soon, Blodwyn
Before some other spoon takes you away

My life may not be long, was working down below
For so much can go wrong, but what else do I know?
So take these precious years and make them precious too
And say you'll take from me what I will give to you

- GT
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Blodwyn means something like beautiful flower, and is a name. I'm a little surprised that it's wyn instead of wen, because anciently gwyn is masculine and gwen is feminine, but the gender distinctions have been breaking down in the language for a long time.
Coal mining was the occupation in Wales for a long time. Richard Burton is said to have felt a little sheepish about getting a sissy acting job instead of going down the mines and getting his skin patina.
 
screened porch said:
Blodwyn means something like beautiful flower, and is a name. I'm a little surprised that it's wyn instead of wen, because anciently gwyn is masculine and gwen is feminine, but the gender distinctions have been breaking down in the language for a long time.
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Doesn't Blodwyn mean "white flower" ?
I ask that because in Breton, an other brittonic language like the Welsh, "Gwen" means "White". Breton and Welsh are close languages and share many words. The reason being that Brittany was populated by Welsh fleeing the Saxon invasions around the eighth century and managed to keep their own culture until the twentieth century.

Dan.
 
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