We run our spoon carving course a few times over the course of a year and we’ve got one coming up this weekend. Getting ready for a spoon carving course involves checking that all of the tools are sharp and also getting hold of the raw materials. So today we were in the woods felling a […]
We use mallets regularly on our courses for all manner of tasks, from batoning with a knife and splitting with an axe to simply knocking in pegs when we’re putting up a tarp. In this video you can see Peter making a woodland mallet with a folding saw and a knife and then Bob doing […]
Take a look at this short video where I demonstrate splitting wood with an axe, firstly using a stump to split onto and secondly splitting a piece of wood on the ground. This video can be viewed in conjunction with this post that describes various splitting techniques (written 5 years ago, where does the time […]
We took this short video on our Nordic Crafts course. It was a bit blowy on the Saturday but much calmer on Sunday. What a unique opportunity to make your very own Viking style knife in a pit forge, complete with leather sheath as well as learn Swedish axe and knife carving techniques to carve […]
This video was taken on our Spoon Carving day course in May 2019. It was a beautiful day and the sun shone on us throughout. During the day we looked at knife and axe safety, use and maintenance as well as a variety of carving tools. We also covered different cutting techniques as well as […]
Axes are fantastic tools and one that I believe is important for bushcrafters to master. On our 2 Day Axe Workshop the first thing I do is to look at different kinds of axes and then describe to our students the different parts of an axe. Mostly they’re named after body parts, even if the order […]
