Carving a Bowl with Adze, Axe, Gouge, and Drawknife
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- A simple video showing an Adze, Axe, Gouge, and Drawknife working together to carve a large bowl from a black walnut log. To see more, visit davidffisher.com
Yes, I realize there is slight sound delay in the video, but I don't know why. Thanks for looking.
The rustic tool marks on the underside of this bowl are just beautiful, really really lovely.
Poetically simple design, superb craftmanship, excellent material. Thankyou!
Hey,This wood seems to follow the grain very well when you are carving ,especially with the axe.I just ordered the same axe and look forward to using it.Beautiful bowl and well done Thanks
Due filmati, uno più bello dell'altro. Mi iscrivo al tuo canale per non perdermi i prossimi. Complimenti.
Wow, what beautiful craftsmanship. Gorgeous wood too!
I really enjoy watching your videos and wish you were still making them. I've learned a lot from them.
Thank you. I'll try to get back to it one of these days!
Your work with the hatchet around the handles is perfection. Great job.
Fantastic!! Sir you should be very proud of your work.
the part where u had the indentation carved out and started wacking the log with an axe had me biting my nails, that was nerve wrecking!
anyways, a beautiful bowl, sir.
Cool! I cringed too.
Fantastic! Beautiful work! Wish I knew how to make such organic pieces like that.
very consistent with the axe and adze there, must save a lot of time later with the more precise tools. make it look easy but have tried such things myself and i can tell you're very skilled. very beautiful result and good video, thanks for sharing
Thank you for sharing, excellent skills, make it look easy, superb finish. Hope to see some more videos, that'll be the icing on the cake, good luck.
Great video and great work. I'd love to see more use of the different tools and your techniques. Thanks!
please do more videos!
I would love to see more details on your horse and holding tables.
thanks much for posting these!!
be safe...
Ted
You make it look so easy! Amazing skills and video. Thanks so much for sharing. Blown away...
Beautiful carving work with the axe!! Very skilled!!
What a pro. WOW! Thx for sharing. Those Gränsfors Bruks Axes are a real treasure.
wow really impressive.... came here via a video about power carving blades. This video really put me in my place
This is art. Such nostalgia when I watch this.
Try it for yourself LoL
It always baffles me to see craftsmen like yourself repeatedly hit the exact same spot with both the axe and adze.
I can't do it for the life of me and am always like an inch off with every strike, this is like magic...
Good work! Keep it up! ;)
i often say that to myself too but if you do it enough you will find yourself doing the same thing you want to do with out any thought. what helps me is not to think about it to much and shorten your strikes with said tool. also what helps is the camera angles if you get an over the shoulder view of said professionals i bet it would look more like you and I then the perfection of a carver like him
Relax your wrist, and say "smooth" a few times. Rinse and repeat.
I also publish bowl carving videos on my TH-cam channel using similar techniques. I am extremely impressed with you level of precision and now feel challenged to take my skills to a higher level. Thanks.
Chris
I'm glad you like the videos. There will be more sometime.
Obviously you can't make an elongated bowl on a lathe but I like the idea of making these with hand tools such as your using.. You reach a very refined finish but not so refined that you cant tell how you made it. Bowls turned on a lathe have that industrial look to them. Very nice work. Once you get started on one I don't know how you stop? I would like to see a video on how you sharpen the tools too. Thankyou.
Your work is amazing.. I agree with QueticoChris you have inspired me to kick it up a notch. Thanks for sharing..
Great work! A very beautiful bowl.
Beautiful bowl! I'm going to try this with pecan.
Great to hear that. Enjoy!
I'm all for classic tools, but wow. I would spend a few hours with an adze and then find the nearest lathe. You have the patience of a Buddhist monk.
A lathe certainly is an efficient way to make a bowl, but the bowl designs I make cannot be made on a lathe. These bowls have to be sculpted, a process that I enjoy. A look through the gallery on my website davidffisher (.com) shows many of the designs. Also, the adze work in the video is only showing the careful cuts as I'm nearing the final surface. The main hollowing actually goes relatively quickly and the chunks of wood are flying -- no need for patience at that stage. It's a wonderful process.
There's no physical satisfaction from using a lathe. It is a skill for sure, but it will not provide the same feeling of "conquest" at the end. Also, you can't replicate those slicing markings on the lathe.
Very impressive, very smooth finish!
Such skill, beautiful work, I have a question, is sandpaper ever used in any part of the process, I would imagine that even the finest grit would spoil the pristine effect of a shape blade on wood?
Thanks, John. You're right. Sandpaper blurs the borders between facets and scratches the cleanly cut surface, so I leave a surface straight from the sharp edge.
That is amazing work. I would really enjoy being able to do what you do. You are both an artist and a craftsman. Well done, very well done.
i have plans on crafting a few of these this winter if i have the wood to do that
very nice bowls by the way
keep up the good work sir
That's fantastic craftsmanship
I’d love to see you do a video showing how to sharpen the adze and gouges with curved surfaces.
I do have some detailed blog posts about sharpening, including gouges and the adze. davidffisherblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/sharpening-an-adze/
and davidffisherblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/whats-wrong-with-this-edge/
beautiful work, very nice piece of wood.
Thats a real craftsmanship, really appreciate it :)
great job that is becoming a lost art, you are really good.
Very, very nice. I really learned a lot from this video.
lovely piece of wood. Walnut is very expensive around my part of the world.
Beautiful Work!!!
Вы молодец, я тоже в своих работах избегаю электро инструментов, удачи вам и успехов в творчестве.
Beautiful work
PURE BEAUTY AND FORM.
Wow, really beautiful. Thank you for sharing. It is inspiring.
Большой труд,отличная ручная работа, спасибо 👍
Добро пожаловать
This video would be SO much more satisfying to watch if the sounds were synced to the actions.
+jjaapp18 plot twist, his moves were faster than the speed of sound.
moonshot
And yet, they would still be synced.
Good looking bowl.
Beautiful piece of wood - no cracks, no knots...
Great video, Roy Underhill would approve !
Absolutely inspiring & oh so beautiful !!!
That would make a cool bathroom sink
Super!!! Great Job!
Harry
Perfect size of bowl for popcorn.
stellar work man
Im in love with the 475 axe
That's not a bowl it's a bathtub!
Just kidding. Great work!
1:16 Making bacon. Nice video, a lot of work goes into each of them bowels I see.
Very inspiring
That, is some great work,thanks.
Absolutely beautiful. love the organic shape. Could you please tell me if its the single or double bevel model. Am considering one but not sure on bevel option. Will be carving rounded objects more than flat and some light bushcraft so would a double bevel be best in your opinion. Many thanks
Very nice. Beautiful work. How long do you have let the bowl dry until you use the flax seed oil? Do you cover your bowls while they are drying?
I rough hew the bowl while it is green, then wait at least a couple
weeks while it dries before doing the final carving stages. After that,
it is ready to oil anytime. I usually don't cover them, but sometimes I
take further precautions. I have much more detailed information about
all that on my blog and website.
Beautiful!
holy crap. that's a sweet ass bowl bro! really nice job wowow
Outstanding job!
Thanks to everyone for your comments. I wish the smells of the green wood came through on video. Each has their own perfume, especially cherry that has been mellowing for awhile.
Beautiful!!!So beautiful
What type of wood are you using in this video? Nice work...great video...what make is the large gouge chisel, is it a pfeil?
A thing of profound beauty. Tools cut as if through clay. I just ordered the GB 01 carving axe from some old guy at Country Workshops Store symmetric grind. Just starting out and will go to your web page to get some tips on gear. One question, do you dry the stock slab block for a year, a month? How to know when it is ready to work?
+Mr. mips I start with green, moist logs. You'll see a lot more about all that at my website and blog. Good luck with the axe. You picked a good one -- and you bought it from a legend in the green woodworking world, Drew Langsner. Happy carving!
how many decades did it take you to master your skills sir? wholly inspirational, thank you for posting.
Talented SOB.
Just pure mastery for me. Thank yoyu
love it!!! awesome work
that looks amazing
Great Work!
Hope you see this that is amazing work
Amazing!
Did you treat the wood with anything when you were done?
Just out of curiosity. Kinda curious to see what the best treatment is....especially for food safe products like wooden bowls, cups, plates etc..
Thanks again!
-Shane
+anaya51 I use flax seed oil primarily, Shane. I have more information about that on my website at davidffisher (.com)
I'm going to check it out. Thanks for the timely reply, and thank you for all the great content!
How are you securing the bowl when using the adze and again with the gouge? Many thanks. A very handsome bowl btw.
HG Ward
I don't secure the bowl for the adze work. The weight of the log keeps it from moving around too much. For gouge work, I use bench dogs and the vise, or holdfasts.
MAN you really got plenty of time.... nice job..
Much fun to watch, but disturbing that the vid and audio aren't synched.
Wow, this guy is amazing
gorgeous
Very nice Dave ! Can you tell me make and size of your drawknife ?
The one in the video is an antique D.R. Barton, made in Rochester NY. You can still find them around. It has an 8" blade, and the handles are about 16" apart. You can see it better in this blog post, in which I wrote all about drawknives: davidffisher.com/2022/06/08/drawknife-thoughts/
Hello Dave, Nice work. How dry is the wood when you are gouging and finishing up the outside with the axe? Or I should ask is the wood still green or have you let it dry some to get better control on the gouge? I keep on having tear out on my bowls.
All of the axe work is done while green. Everything but the final finishing cuts, which are done when dry (after at least a couple weeks, depending on a lot of factors).
That's what I thought. Thank you.
i believe you are talking about the drawknife sir.
Hi awesome video! Can you just pick up fallen trees or chop down mini trees to get the wood? do you have to treat it somehow..?
Can you use old wood from a falling down structure as long as it isn't termite infested?
+Noto V Yes, pretty much all of the wood I use is green wood from freshly fallen trees or branches. Usually I treat the wood with flax seed oil. Yep, you can use old, dry wood. It is harder than fresh wood, so tougher when removing a lot of material in the roughing out stages. I have lots more information about all that on my website and blog -- davidffisher (.com) and davidffisherblog.wordpress (.com) Thanks.
DFbowlcarver
Hi... great bowl. I wondered what gouge you are using for the inside of the bowl?
Thanks.
This looks like pfeil 7/30 or 35
Chapeau, MASTER!
Exelente.... me gusto para hacer un lavamanos....
Very good video! Enjoyed it a lot :)
I always have 1 question in mind that nobody answers😂:
If i carve a bowl out of - let's say - pine and the wood is semi-dry or wet and I carve it out will it split or get those cracks?
Greetings
Good question. If you carve it and dry it properly, it won't crack. I have an article about that here: davidffisher.com/2015/04/03/oh-its-drying-time-again/
@@davidfisher9179 thank you very much for your (fast) answer!
I will read your article now :)
(Might come back for a questions if you don't mind ^-^)
@@DIRager I'd be happy to answer if you have any more questions.
@@davidfisher9179Can I ask you how you sharpen your tools (spoon-knife specially) or the adze?
I find it very problematic to sharpen curved tool edges.
Would be very helpful to me :)
(And If the tool was only ground on one side should I sharpen both sides or mainly the grounded one and finish it with a short touch up of the other side?)
Greetings ^-^
Hans Karlsson Adze and gouge. Others will work too. My website davidffisher (.com) has more information on the tools.
Wow gorgeous, what type of axe or you using ? carpenters axe ? or hatchet ?
Not trying to speak out of turn but that's a Gransfors Bruks carving axe..
Actually it's a broad axe you can tell by the design of the head and the way it's offset to prevent the user "barking" his knuckles.
ZombieFighterOf1987
I can see why you might think it is a broad axe, but it is, in fact, a Gransfors Bruks carving axe.
David Fisher Yeah i just noticed that
Love it !
this is soooooooooooo satisfying
how heavy was the piece of wood before hollowing it?
two words respect respect
Not counting the axe how much money did all those different tools cost you?
When you're dong this, how rough is it on your tools? Do you have to sharpen every day?
No, the tools are made of excellent steel. When working with hand tools, you can tell as you're working when the edge needs a touch-up. Usually this just means some regular stropping. Every few bowls, usually, I go to some stones.
thank you
Очень красиво. мастера руки всегда видно.
большое спасибо
Спасибо
Beautifull.
wow. just wow.