If the blade can be removed from the handle, you should make a matching new handle from the cut-offs. Would probably give a nicer more organic pattern due to the curvature of the handles.
I got an Ulu from the same place when I visited Alaska about 12 years ago. I still use it a lot. My ulu cutting board has a slot above the bowl so you can store the Ulu with the board when not in use.
Convenient - as an Ulu user for more than 10 years, now, my old laminated purchased board needs to be replaced...however, I will have to take a less expensive route. Glad you've found the Ulu. They will cut you, so respect it like you would any of the powered cutting tools in the shop!
Beautiful video as usual. Just because you are inspired by nature doesn't necessarily mean your final piece has to resemble the natural world at all. Speaking of inspiration, thanks for your inspirational content!
I bought the board sold along with the Ulu knife. The rounded cutout center is nice. But I could wish that it was a bit shallower, especially when cutting garlic. That is almost easier on a flat cutting board, but a shallower indentation would help a lot. Also, it looks like yours is slightly wider, which would also improve matters. You've inspired me to make a ulu-friendly cutting board more along the lines I think would work best. I'll likely similar proportions, and end-grain, but probably won't do the randomizing.
I'm wondering if mine could be slightly shallower? It seems to work well with nuts though. The random pattern was just to make the project longer. It's completely unnecessary.
That textured pattern of the board reminds me somewhat of your family room trash bin. That "hole" in the board was an interesting study of three-dimentional geometry too. Nice souvenir of yur Alaska trip.
If I had three times as many hours in the day I would have a woodworking channel, a gardening channel and a cooking channel and they would all overlap a little bit.
@@frankmakes do you have garden related projects on your channel? (BTW I have loved your videos for many years and have the dream of eventually trying to do similar projects)
It's interesting that these knives/tools crop up in many cultures throughout the world. A two-handled variant has been used in Europe, as an example. The French call it Hachoir, whilst the Italians call it Mezzaluna (Half-moon). These typically are used for herbs these days, although it is thought earlier versions where used to processing animals - striping skin/sinew from carcasses. Stone and bone examples are often found in Archaeological sites. Fascinating stuff. As ever, great vid Frank!
Inspiration is just like that: You see something interesting, and it makes you experiment. Sometimes you can see the source very clearly, sometimes it becomes its own thing - both are equally valid!
Years ago I bought some knives without handles at woodcraft and made handles and boards for them. I saw all sorts of crazy jigs to make the hole and thought that they were all too complicated. I decided to turn the board since I had a big lathe and it was ultimately like turning a bowl. I was very scared to get the board in my face as it held on a scrap pice of plywood just with hot glue but it was very strong and easy to turn with a depth gauge and circle on the board. Fun project!
The pattern on the board reminds me of the Gustave Klimt painting ‘The Kiss’. It is similar to the pattern on the man’s cloak. That’s my interpretation anyway. Very nice. That knife and board would be great for so many kitchen jobs.
I just found your youbtube channel, and its really funny, u do like my dream job(arch) and my biggest hobby(woodworking) both so its like a youtube channel literally made for me.
A great way to share your vacation. The only people I know who've been to Alaska just seemed to talk about the size of the mosquitos. The glacier shots were mesmerizing, and not a misquito for miles.
You’re not lying about the mosquitos….those things are everywhere…and fly in swarms in the interior part of the state. I’ve heard from military people that during winter exercises on the tundra it’s worrisome because the tents don’t have floors. So you warm up the tent, it thaws the the ground, and mosquitos emerge. Then you have your choice between frostbite outside and a swarm of mosquitos inside.
Thanks for sharing your trip and this cutting board build. Your videos are so well done. I look forward to the new ones and rewatch older ones all the time. Great with my morning coffee! Truly amazing and inspiring!
Wow! I was just in Alaska the past two weeks, and it was truly breathtaking! We were traveling light (no checked bags) and I worried about getting it home, so I didn't end up getting one, much to my 13 year old's lament. You did an amazing job on the cutting board too!
Thank you for sharing this. I made an Ulu knife several years ago. I still need to make a handle, but I’ve also wanted to make a “bowl” cutting board for it with a slot in it to hold the blade.
Glad you got to visit our state! Love that you found a ness touristy version of the ulu. I’ve loved in Alaska for over three decades and have yet to buy one…maybe I should remedy that.
I have one of these knives but its a double blade, kinda like the rockers on a rocking chair. Its just one piece of metal bent in the middle and thats the handle. It came with a cutting board with a concave but its pretty small, maybe an inch or two larger on each side than the knive blade. And mine is from ikea so deff not traditional lol. Its great for cutting herbs.
Quite well done, Frank. With all that cutting and recutting, it's a really good thing that the wood does grow on trees. LOL Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
@@frankmakes No time like the present. I remember watching some of your videos where you were creating point clouds or waffle grids and being surprised that you weren’t in rhino. Like anything else it’s best to just pick a project and figure it out along the way. These days I’m mostly in revit but the stuff you can do with rhinoinrevit is awsome. I make custom family’s and bring in geometry that would otherwise be a pain to make in revit. Either way great video-Looking forward to the next one! Cheers! P.S RhinoCam is pretty great as well if you haven’t checked it out before. I prefer it to Vcarve at least
If the blade can be removed from the handle, you should make a matching new handle from the cut-offs. Would probably give a nicer more organic pattern due to the curvature of the handles.
This! 😄 Was going to suggest the same.. a matching set would be cool!
Any handle is removable with enough determination!
If brute force doesn’t work, that just means you aren’t using enough.
I was just thinking it'd be cool to see those scraps show up in the Christmas ornament video this year, but your idea is FAR better.
collab with a knife channel to make the blade
Frank it was wonderful to see how your eyes absorb the outside world
Who do you think you are kidding Frank? That's not a cutting board. It is your usual high quality piece of Art!!!!
as an alaskan, I find it interesting when people I follow come to my state. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay.
"Then I decided to make some chocolate chip cookies". You're a gem, Frank. Beautifully filmed, as always. Thank you.
I got an Ulu from the same place when I visited Alaska about 12 years ago. I still use it a lot.
My ulu cutting board has a slot above the bowl so you can store the Ulu with the board when not in use.
I was onboard until the walnuts in the cookies! Beautiful work!!!
Pecans.
This is a woodworker's version of Damascus steel. Great video.
As a IG comment said: It’s a major Gustav Klimt feel to this cutting board. Love it!
Thanks Frank! For some reason I'm hungry now and need to make some chocolate chip cookies.
The pattern reminds me of a Gustav Klimt painting. That’s a fine looking cutting board!
Very much reminds of a quilting technique called Bargello. Beautiful as always Frank!
definitely use the off cuts to replace the stock ulu handle! :) great video, thanks!
we do not deserve you Frank. Your artistry in film making as well as your skill at woodworking is priceless.
I'm sure someone has already said it, but that measurement off the Cord is the Middle Ordinate. Love your videos Frank....
My family has had an Ulu for over a decade, and it is honestly one of the most useful kitchen items we have.
That was a lot of work but the results are amazing. Now I want some chocolate chip cookies!
Bill
Another amazing project. only one flaw: NUTS in the cookies!
@@idontthinkso666 Gotta have nuts in there (lol).
The process of art IS legitimate.
Delicious story.
The finished pattern made me think of Gustav Klimt, especially after oiling. Great project!
Convenient - as an Ulu user for more than 10 years, now, my old laminated purchased board needs to be replaced...however, I will have to take a less expensive route. Glad you've found the Ulu. They will cut you, so respect it like you would any of the powered cutting tools in the shop!
With great power comes great responsibility 😁
Alaska is an underrated place to visit. The most true wilderness left in America.
This pattern has vibes of Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" painting.
Beautiful video as usual. Just because you are inspired by nature doesn't necessarily mean your final piece has to resemble the natural world at all. Speaking of inspiration, thanks for your inspirational content!
I bought the board sold along with the Ulu knife. The rounded cutout center is nice. But I could wish that it was a bit shallower, especially when cutting garlic. That is almost easier on a flat cutting board, but a shallower indentation would help a lot. Also, it looks like yours is slightly wider, which would also improve matters.
You've inspired me to make a ulu-friendly cutting board more along the lines I think would work best. I'll likely similar proportions, and end-grain, but probably won't do the randomizing.
I'm wondering if mine could be slightly shallower? It seems to work well with nuts though. The random pattern was just to make the project longer. It's completely unnecessary.
Quality content as always, don't forget to scour your baking pans. 😊
Those cookies looked great, i want that recipe. Great video Frank, thanks for the entertainment and great work!!
Is there enough material leftover to make a matching handle for the knife that you bought? That would be pretty cool
That textured pattern of the board reminds me somewhat of your family room trash bin. That "hole" in the board was an interesting study of three-dimentional geometry too. Nice souvenir of yur Alaska trip.
Woodworking and a cooking show! Genius. Thank you for explaining your inspiration for the Ulu cutting board.
If I had three times as many hours in the day I would have a woodworking channel, a gardening channel and a cooking channel and they would all overlap a little bit.
@@frankmakes do you have garden related projects on your channel? (BTW I have loved your videos for many years and have the dream of eventually trying to do similar projects)
At least you can say that Alaska give you great inspiration !
Nice project. Thank you for sharing. You make me miss Alaska.
Looks like a Gustav Klimt painting. Beautiful.
The pattern reminds me of Gustav Klimt, especially with the finish applied. Very nice!
It's interesting that these knives/tools crop up in many cultures throughout the world. A two-handled variant has been used in Europe, as an example. The French call it Hachoir, whilst the Italians call it Mezzaluna (Half-moon). These typically are used for herbs these days, although it is thought earlier versions where used to processing animals - striping skin/sinew from carcasses. Stone and bone examples are often found in Archaeological sites.
Fascinating stuff.
As ever, great vid Frank!
They're used in leatherwork as well. Torbjörn Ahman has a video on making one
As always I enjoyed watching your chart. Thanks for sharing. GW
Inspiration is just like that: You see something interesting, and it makes you experiment. Sometimes you can see the source very clearly, sometimes it becomes its own thing - both are equally valid!
Always love the things you make, and the stop motion bits were really great!
Frank - well done! You did it again. Thank you
Turned out wonderfully. Though I would have loved to see you incorporate some of the aqua blues, giving it that 'pop' of color found in the glaciers.
A few blue resin inserts would have been really cool.
Years ago I bought some knives without handles at woodcraft and made handles and boards for them. I saw all sorts of crazy jigs to make the hole and thought that they were all too complicated.
I decided to turn the board since I had a big lathe and it was ultimately like turning a bowl. I was very scared to get the board in my face as it held on a scrap pice of plywood just with hot glue but it was very strong and easy to turn with a depth gauge and circle on the board. Fun project!
So...this board is mainly made out of glue...😁...?
Amazing job, as always! Thanks for sharing your work an greetings from Germany!
The pattern on the board reminds me of the Gustave Klimt painting ‘The Kiss’. It is similar to the pattern on the man’s cloak. That’s my interpretation anyway. Very nice. That knife and board would be great for so many kitchen jobs.
I just found your youbtube channel, and its really funny, u do like my dream job(arch) and my biggest hobby(woodworking) both so its like a youtube channel literally made for me.
A great way to share your vacation. The only people I know who've been to Alaska just seemed to talk about the size of the mosquitos. The glacier shots were mesmerizing, and not a misquito for miles.
You’re not lying about the mosquitos….those things are everywhere…and fly in swarms in the interior part of the state. I’ve heard from military people that during winter exercises on the tundra it’s worrisome because the tents don’t have floors. So you warm up the tent, it thaws the the ground, and mosquitos emerge. Then you have your choice between frostbite outside and a swarm of mosquitos inside.
There were a lot of mosquitoes in a few places.
14 min vid about making a cutting board and my main take away was Ice Cream scoop when making cookies. That'll be going on my shopping list.
That turned out beautiful!
Thanks for sharing your trip and this cutting board build. Your videos are so well done. I look forward to the new ones and rewatch older ones all the time. Great with my morning coffee! Truly amazing and inspiring!
Absolutely love your videos mate. Such a true craftsman. And the videos arent hyped. Just relaxing, detailed educational and very entertaining. Thanks
You missed a big opportunity to do an Ulu justice. I made a halibut Haida tribal engraved stand bowl for mine!
Very cool Frank. Love to watch and learn from you. However, your cookie sheets need some love from an sos pad. 🍪
Wow! I was just in Alaska the past two weeks, and it was truly breathtaking! We were traveling light (no checked bags) and I worried about getting it home, so I didn't end up getting one, much to my 13 year old's lament. You did an amazing job on the cutting board too!
This was so beautiful to watch and incredibly relaxing. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing this. I made an Ulu knife several years ago. I still need to make a handle, but I’ve also wanted to make a “bowl” cutting board for it with a slot in it to hold the blade.
Just hope this nation keeps deserving such a fine breed of Americans like Frank Howarth
Very cool board, really like the pattern you ended up with.
What a fun way to share about your trip to AK while making an array of randomized wood layers…
I enjoy how an idea starts and even though the finished work may look different, your work is beautiful!
It was beautiful to watch! Fantastic job!. Very cool board, really like the pattern you ended up with..
That looks like a truly useful tool much like a mezzeluna. What a nice board to make your holiday more personal.
Birdy
This reminds me of how Damascus is made! Pretty awesome.
Great one! Awesome footage from your trip too.
The pattern reminds me of Klimt or early Mondrian, beautiful
I should just make a wooden version of that klint painting as my random pattern always reminds everyone of it.
Interesting. I don't know about Alaska, but the pattern surely reminds me of "the kiss" by Klimt.
Great work Frank!
Glad you got to visit our state! Love that you found a ness touristy version of the ulu. I’ve loved in Alaska for over three decades and have yet to buy one…maybe I should remedy that.
Another enjoyable video. Excellent as always.
Nice work, both board and video editing.
I jave said this before, but i don't care to be repetitive: when i grow up i want to have a shop like yours 😅
I have one of these knives but its a double blade, kinda like the rockers on a rocking chair. Its just one piece of metal bent in the middle and thats the handle. It came with a cutting board with a concave but its pretty small, maybe an inch or two larger on each side than the knive blade. And mine is from ikea so deff not traditional lol. Its great for cutting herbs.
Wonderful! Thanks.
Okay. Now I want chocolate chip cookies!
Love your videos.
Lovely cutting board (and it seems to work well).
That’s awesome Frank. I can’t imagine how much time you must have put into making that. Those are also great for cutting herbs.
Quite well done, Frank. With all that cutting and recutting, it's a really good thing that the wood does grow on trees. LOL Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
That came out excellent!...great job!
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13:11 - it looks like you made a Klimt-style cutting board!
The pattern resembles painting "Kiss" by Gustav Klimt. Nice work!
Nice journey and video with stop motion effect 🤩
nice cutting board. The pattern reminds me of a Klimt painting.
I searched through the comments to see if anyone else also thought it looked like a Klimt…..glad I’m not the only one to recognise this 😊
Klimt loves this cutting board
The finished pattern somehow reminded me to Klimt's Kiss painting
That was my thought too!
Thanks for sharing.
Ho lee crap!! That is a lot of work and lots of patience required but it sure turned out beautifully!!
would be great for making pesto! nice one as always Frank!
I took one of my cutting boards and turned a juice reservoir in it. So it did work on the lathe.
Great video, thanks 👍🏻
The pattern is very reminiscent of the robe in Gustav Klimt's painting "The Kiss". Maybe he was inspired by glaciers, too 🙂
Outstanding work as always. Such a beautiful wood of art 😊😊
Fun piece!
Great. Now I want a new cutting board _and_ cookies!
Looks like a Gustav Klimt texture!
Wow, so cool!
cool! just cool!
thansk for your time...
Thanks!!!!
It's pretty on brand how much you overthought the divot in that cutting board.
It was beautiful to watch! Fantastic job!
Simply beautiful ❤
Amazing work, Frank! It looks fantastic! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Rhino! love to see it frank! i know a boolean difference when i see it lol. Now its time to get good at grasshopper : )
I wanted to learn grasshopper for over a decade now but I just haven't gotten to it.
@@frankmakes No time like the present. I remember watching some of your videos where you were creating point clouds or waffle grids and being surprised that you weren’t in rhino. Like anything else it’s best to just pick a project and figure it out along the way. These days I’m mostly in revit but the stuff you can do with rhinoinrevit is awsome. I make custom family’s and bring in geometry that would otherwise be a pain to make in revit.
Either way great video-Looking forward to the next one!
Cheers!
P.S RhinoCam is pretty great as well if you haven’t checked it out before. I prefer it to Vcarve at least