Keep Your Carving Knife Sharp and Safe When Not In Use

 Beginner Wood Carving Information, Wood Carving Tips  1 Response »
May 282011
 

As important as it is to the success of your wood carving, to keep your wood carving knives sharp while carving, it is equally imperative that you keep the blades from getting damaged when not using them.  If you use some type of tool box or carrying devise for you wood carving tools and knives, they will have an opportunity to hit together and damage each other, if not protected properly.  Not being protected against each other is also a safety risk to you as the wood carver also.  If you have unprotected sharp edges, you run the risk of cutting yourself when you reach for your wood carving tool and wood carving knives in the transporting container.

There a few really good ways to protect your wood carving edges: Continue reading »

How to Determine Direction of Wood Grain for Wood Carving

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May 282011
 

When experienced wood carvers talk to beginning wood carvers, they will instruct them to carve with the grain of the carving wood as much as possible.   When carving with grain, your wood carving tools and knives will cut easier and move more freely.  When carving against the grain, the wood carving tools and knives tend to hang or tear the wood more often.  Also, when it comes to detail carving areas that stick out on the wood carving, if the grain is not running correctly, those areas may break off.  There is nothing more frustrating than to be making your final detail touch ups and have a piece of your wood carving break off.  Therefore, wood carvers need to determine the direction of the grain before beginning a wood carving project. Continue reading »