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 […]
Wood turning on a pole lathe is great fun and a useful skill. Dave attended our ‘Blacksmithing, Bodging & Bushcraft’ course in September and sent these photos to us. They are the before and after shots of a billhook. The left hand side are the before photos and the right hand side are photos of […]
There are plenty of reasons why cross cutting a tree or large branch is needed. What is important to remember is safety, you really don’t want to have an accident with an axe. Ordinarily I carry the Gransfor Bruks small hunters axe and whilst this is perfectly sufficient to cross cut a tree or limb, […]
