I ran with MapMyRun! Distance: 2.41mi, time: 26:42, pace: 11:03min/mi, speed: 5.43mi/h. http://mapmyrun.com/workout/1536996620 OK, I know I said this was all about my carvings and my knives but it’s the first time I’ve been running in ages and, surprisingly, I enjoyed it! How crazy is that Continue reading My Workout
Well, I’ve been playing again, an hour of heating bashing grinding and honing got me this little baby kiridashi. It’s got a bevel on each side so technically not a true Kiridashi but I love this little piece of sharp steel already. The eagle eyed among you will notice it’s made from a round file. … Continue reading In search of the perfect pocket carving knife
So often these days I see items posted on facebook or tumblr and any number of other sites which are labelled as ‘Custom made’. These same items are then offered for sale to anyone wo wants them. Please, please, please look up the definition of ‘custom made’, because it is being misused in an attempt … Continue reading Time for a little rant
Wow! I am eally impressed with how easy this bone carving is when you have a really sharp and hard blade. I always have preferred a very hard steel for my knives, so much so that I don’t bother tempering them when I’ve heat treated them. I know many knifemakers would pour scorn on that … Continue reading First Bone Carving update
Well, that’s the messy bit all done, both pendants stitch drilled and cut out. I’ve also roughly sanded down the backs to take off the worst of the thickness with the curved walls of the bone. They are still really thick and uneven in shape so the next job is to flatten the backs, thin … Continue reading First bone carving, progress so far
First Bone carving I have wanted to try bone carving for ages and as we have a wedding fast approaching I thought it would be a good opportunity to try out this new medium. I’ve played with jewellery often and have previously carved in tagua nut but never in bone. A while back I took … Continue reading First Bone carving
Those of you who have read previous posts will know that I have a real thing about Kiridashi’s. It isn’t because they are beautiful knives or anything like that, it simply comes down to the fact that I love simplicity of form and function and the kiridashi epitomizes simplicity. This is my latest, it’s basically … Continue reading Kiridashi’s Rule OK
This little chap has undergone a few identity changes since it was first made. I suppose, like any lump of steel it started out as a lump of rock but we won’t go there. I first came across it as an old file. I have no idea what it had been used to shape before … Continue reading Carving baby
We are on holiday in sunny Cornwall and what better to do when it is chucking it down outside than to sit and carve a couple of little mice for Izzy and Jazzy… Izzy’s is the one on the left. These little guys were done very roughly, as much as a try out for my … Continue reading Mice for the Grandchildren
There is something about the simplicity of a true Kiridashi that really appeals to me. I look at them and can’t help thinking that they were probably first made simply because the smith needed a sharp edge so ground a piece of scrap into a simple knife. In all honesty why would you really need … Continue reading Ultra basic Kiridashi
Carved by Trev 