Bushcraft Carving Vol. 1 | Tools

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Krik of Black Owl Outdoors introduces a new series, Bushcraft Carving, as well going over the tools he uses to woodwork.

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Tags: Carving,Bushcraft,Tool (Literature Subject),Wood Carving (Industry),Camping (Literature Subject),Outdoor Education (Literature Subject),Outdoor Recreation (Interest),Hiking (Sport),Backpacking (Sport),Morakniv,Estwing (Business Operation),Sportsman's Axe,Axe,Hatchet,Knife,Fixed Blade,Blade,Knives,Wilderness (Quotation Subject),Forest (Literature Subject)

Video Transcription

hey what's up Turtles Creek here we're going to be taking a look at the tools I use for wood carving but before I show you the tools I want to show you some of the utensils I made using my tools and all the utensils I'll be showing you were all from the same cherry tree here's a little scoop for for dry goods coffee whatever

what's group thumb scalloped right there really like that it's all in the subtle details when you start making stuff like this it's really limited to your imagination here's a little Turner I made from my small cast-iron pan I've used this in a video last year at least one or two this is really nice really convenient really like how this turned out I really like the way I did this handle up here too a lot of the times the wood sort of tells you how the design is going to be or at least for me anyways I don't really have a lot of predetermined designs I just kind of start making it and see where it goes and lastly there's a long-handled spoon I made I like how it's not straight this is a little off-center from the bold spoon and it has a little curve to it I sort of like that again organic feel I made this extra long for if I was going to be using Eaton mountain house meals or something something like that long enough hammer to get the whole way to the bottom of the bag these are just some examples I want to show you starting with the tools Saul is really important for woodworking in general right and you can use any saw just have a Baco as an example of a saw but it's really helpful to take your work your workpiece to length bucket to length or you can even take off stock I've seen people do that using the saw instead of a hatchet or a carving axe something like that but this all is important first before we go into the cutting tools now getting into the cutting tools and this is sort of going to be in order of how I'm going to use them for instance I was going to make a spoon I'd saw my piece down the length and then I would reach for this in most cases and this is the s swing sportsman's acts with the leather stacked handle did a video on this 2-3 years ago something like that got a really nice sharp edge on that using that sort of mouse pad and wet/dry sandpaper this isn't a dedicated carving hatchet or ax I don't have one of those and this is pretty inexpensive tool but you know I get by with what I have for now and hopefully in the future I have something a little bit better for for carving a little better a little better shape edge shape for for woodworking carving specifically but this has served me well it honestly has and I've been super happy with it before I move on I just want to touch on this sheath not my favorite design of a sheath but the leathers already been used and it's been working so I decided I'm not going to make anything new until until this wears out which probably won't be in my lifetime all right now we're going to move on to the knives where after you finish with the ax or hatchet you're going to get into the knife to you know get a better shape and do your finishing work and do the detail and this is a more classic one with if the danglers sheath I made and I have two examples I use this knife you see that more and the reason why I like using Moors honestly because they're super thin you know the tang is going pretty deep in here and it's light the really light and if you're going to be carving doing a lot of different types of holding it they've different grips or we're just in general if you're going to be you know carving for you know an hour to using a knife like this weight really comes into play so just having it really light is really nice and the fact the Scandi grind these are super sharp these are super super sharp I don't have any I was going to bring a piece of receipt or something like that today with me to show you but these are super super sharp easy to maintain really don't have to sharpen them too often if you keep them sharp with the strop you will eventually get some edge damage up here depending if you're going in some curves or anything like that in your design this is the companion' and for the same reasons I mentioned with the classic number one it's light super comfortable finstock really quality steel for the price you know what are these guys going for I think these around 15 bucks still Scandi grind again just really light to use and hold for a while and comfortable and that's important and I don't even have a dedicated shorter carving knife you know inch and a half long blade or something like that like a slide knife or a dedicated carver it doesn't really do super detailed work but nonetheless these have served me really well and I really don't see myself wanting a smaller blade knife because I just don't do that type of carving right now or the time or not so there's the knives and the last two were brought with me today is a excuse me this is a small cook knife from Ben Horford that's his logo in there and he's from the UK so this is the most expensive tool I have just because of it coming from overseas to Elm handle and actually this has the hybrid handle for interest and checking out his site this is the hybrid handle on this has that curve right down here well this is pig skin covering the blade and I'll take this off I still want to make something a little bit more convenient besides just this pig skin wrap this is the right right-handed crook knife this is in my right hand this is the sharp edge on this side right here and this is a single bevel inside this right here there's no bevel which is flat so like a chisel grind and on this side you can see the bevel right underneath underneath his name and it's a whole nother ballgame sharpening something like this I just have been using my strop and I haven't seen any any edge damage on this so I'm not really concerned or get worried about sharpening right now I just use my drop go over it oops let me use this hand use my strop go over it like this and that's basically all the tools you need to get to get carving and like I said this is the most expensive tool I have in my carving kit and you can get inexpensive mores I know people have had pretty good success with that the only thing I heard with thursday's that you might have to do some work on the edge because they don't come super sharp which it's up to you if you want to make you know put that work in one a really different type of blade with the curve being in there but yeah that's basically it I'm going to put this away because I'm not going to use this today but like I said definitely we want something a little bit more convenient I don't carry this in my bag I don't be much carving in the woods so it's not really a big issue this just sits at my house but it's like again this is just a strip of pig skin and I'm just going to wrap the blade up to protect it this is how it came to this came this pig thing came with the knife

good enough doing its job so that's really all the tools I've been using to create those examples I've shown you and others I've made a handful of other things more than the handful maybe four or five anvils maybe but I've given them all away so I don't have them to show you but so you need to saw right so something simple assault any type of saw you need a hatchet or an axe or something carving like that to remove a lot of stock that you don't want to do with your knife and you need some sort of carving knife I'm using or have used Moore's and then the crook knife is for making bowls scooping out a bowl of of the spoon or anything like that it's for making that bowl and if if isn't really clear for you we're going to do a whole series on making a spoon using these tools I've just shown you so stay tuned for that probably each video will be one one tool going through the process of making the spoon so stay tuned for that if you have any questions or want to share any any of your experiences using these tools for carving or any other affordable tools you think would work really well in someone's kit for for outfitting themselves with a carving kit let me know leave a comment I'd be interested to hear that too sorry every time every time a noise comes from that direction we're filming in a certain spot and every time I noise comes from over there it's where that bear came down the hill really close to us last year or so excuse me five it's a little bit distracted before I sign out that's why all right that's it later Turtles