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This is really helpful. Thank you.

Watching you while you share yourself, I learned important lessons how you prepare and axe carved out the spoon from a piece of wood, amazing 😊

Good day, I am new in spoon carving. I have a long way to go. Thank you so much for sharing your story of your journey. It resonated with me and it is an inspiration and encouragement to me to continue my journey in carving, and mold my character to be pleasing and creative. Blessings to you. From the Philippines 🇵🇭

Great discussion, and one i can totally relate to. It occupies the mind and brings mind-body into one piece (peace). There's no room for error (injury or wood goes into garbage pile), hence there no room for bull-sht. What axe was that? Is it from Kharkiv forge or some related vendor?

Love your message Ash! I'm going to share this video (and your website) in the next episode of Wood Carving Weekly.👍

At 10:44 I get the impression that the axe is very, very sharp. Is the edge ground to an angle like a sushi knife or is the edge still axe-like?

Most things have the potential to be meditative practices, say tetris which is like stacking wood piles for instance. Stacking wood turns into a flow state of tossing pieces into a well locked puzzle and if you search for it there's people who make art out of how those all lock together viewed from the side. Satisfying splits like having pieces fall into place! You seem to really get that value out of Carving and it helps to see how to get the same value of really getting the process as you involve with all the other things you like but don't quite have an intuitive line to see through.

Interesting. I have been woodcarving for years. I have never met another human being in real life that had any interest in carving.

Nice insight, Ash. Some of those things definitely resonate with me.

Thanks Ash. That was a very clearly presented process.

Really appreciate this video. I will take so many tips into my next spoon billet carving 😊🙏I especially like how you cut the sides first. I also have had difficulty deciding how deep to cut the crank. Drawing on the side seemed to help but watching you - you seemed to cut about 1 cm deep- is that correct? Thanks heaps for posting this 😊

You are an excellent teacher.. Great tutorial for beginners….

Thanks for showing us ,much appreciated im going to have a go at spoons when ive gathered enough info ,i like to watch lots of demos b4 i have a go at anything new ,just made myself a carving block which you can see on my channel ,so cant wait to get started .ive liked and subd you Greetings from Wales UK Ant .

Why do you need a spoon to eat cherries? Just use your fingers.

Yay I hear ya. I admit sometimes I mess with bad pieces of wood for the challenge. I have plenty of good wood. Take care 😊

Good video, thanks. I learn something from all spoon makers 😊

Newbie here. Just wondering if you had a hard dry wood. Id guess you could soak it over night to soften it couldn't you. Maybe it woukd crack when drying. I dont know. Just thinking I have some mixed seasoned fire wood. And some really old pieces of lumber saved.. Like cedar, walnut and oaks. I know they would suck to whittle on seasoned. But I'd love to find used for it. I need a Hobbie lol

How long from when the wood is cut is it considered green or still carvable

Thanks for the info. My soft woods I tend to let dry. Your spoons look very nice😊

i want that axe

Very nice axework. Super fast.

WTF?

Helpful - thanks!

That's a spatula

Thank you for the vid! Will give it a go with my small camp-hatchet, love that you dont preach about "you need to buy this, this and this tool before you even start"!

Do u sand ur spoons ?

Lovely video! What properties make wood more favourable for a beginner? (Apart from straight grain that is). I have some kiln-dried hardwood I saved from the fire. Lovely wood but it's super hard. Still worth using for a beginner project? Thanks!

This is probably the first axe carving tutorial ive found that makes me believe i could give it a go, you break things down very well and make the process seem less intimidating I really appreciate the lesson and thank you for the great video!!

Would i be able to carve with a pocket knife or are fixed blade better

Nice Ash. That axe is a beauty!

Man, I love wood! Kinda soothing to watch, nice vid!

Hi AC . Is it possible to carve any kind of bowl or plate for beginners? I wonder if you ever took on a project like that. Thank you for your guidance. I see you do not have many views or subscribers, such a shame that awesome skills like yours are not appreciated but useless stuff like TikTok memes have millions of views. Thank you for taking your time for us.

amazing job thank you . i am planing to make one to impress my family :D . please post more videos so we can learn more

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