Well that was awesome to watch. I see you've done thia before. Really nice work Andy. I was sad to see no oil put on this art work of a spoon. Just beautiful! God bless ♥️🙏🏼
Like the full tang sloyd Andy- as always- Bravo! Learn a bit each time I watch- With the oak do you bicarb it for tannins or just let it be? Curious as Im wondering what effect the tannin would have on the BLO or oil finishes (color wise as it oxidizes/polymerizes) Bravo again- and thanks for letting us watch over your shoulder!
A few things to unpack here! First off, this is Silky Oak, which is Grevillea Robusta, not a true Quercus. It does have high tannin content, but I don't ebonize these. I would also really recommend not using BLO on anything foodsafe, there are some pretty basty preservation chemicals in it. I highly recommend raw oils, or foodsafe specific finishes 👌
0:18 try to wear thick glove for your wood holding hand, I had a nasty wound for just one wrong chop that ended up with many stitches. They won't happen until they do.
At this point I have carved literally thousands of spoons, I can tell you that a glove would be far more dangerous than proper axe technique. Not to put you on blast at all, I have just seen people rely on the false sense of security a glove can give, and end up with much worse injuries as a result of slippage or having the glove catch, you lose a lot of feel for the swing when you cover your grip hand. It's far more effective to make sure that you have put in the time to learn safe axe technique and grips. Each to their own!
Hi Andy. Thanks for the great demos. Really helps with technique and seeing what's possible. Are these Fadir adze bevels ground externally or internally? Thanks!
Hi there! Thanks for being here, so I actually reground this Adze to a more pronounced outside bevel, it was a much softer curve when I first received it
Can you recommend an axe? I bought one from Etsy for $75, which is probably the most I can afford, but it's way to heavy to do what you're doing! And the handle is kinda long for me at 5'2".
Hi there! There are some smaller Fiskars hatchets that are really great for the price, you can probably pick one up for around $60. If you are looking on Etsy/eBay, search for something described as "scout". That will be a much lighter and easier axe to use. I hope that helps, thank you so much for the support!!
Thanks Andy for sharing all of your talent. I must say every video of yours that I watch I always learn something new
That's great to hear Barry!
Thanks!
One short vid that shows it all. Cheers Andy. This one I’ll save for future reference 😊
Happy to hear!
Beautifully crafted spoon, sir.
Thank you so much!
Man I love watching you! I still can't get my hatchet as sharp as yours.
Well that was awesome to watch. I see you've done thia before. Really nice work Andy. I was sad to see no oil put on this art work of a spoon. Just beautiful! God bless ♥️🙏🏼
Thanks for watching! If you head to my Instagram, you can see the finished work 🙂
Which is preventing me from not getting so fatigued and stopping.
It's all time and patience! You'll get there 🙂
Like the full tang sloyd Andy- as always- Bravo! Learn a bit each time I watch- With the oak do you bicarb it for tannins or just let it be? Curious as Im wondering what effect the tannin would have on the BLO or oil finishes (color wise as it oxidizes/polymerizes) Bravo again- and thanks for letting us watch over your shoulder!
A few things to unpack here! First off, this is Silky Oak, which is Grevillea Robusta, not a true Quercus. It does have high tannin content, but I don't ebonize these. I would also really recommend not using BLO on anything foodsafe, there are some pretty basty preservation chemicals in it. I highly recommend raw oils, or foodsafe specific finishes 👌
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0:18 try to wear thick glove for your wood holding hand, I had a nasty wound for just one wrong chop that ended up with many stitches. They won't happen until they do.
At this point I have carved literally thousands of spoons, I can tell you that a glove would be far more dangerous than proper axe technique. Not to put you on blast at all, I have just seen people rely on the false sense of security a glove can give, and end up with much worse injuries as a result of slippage or having the glove catch, you lose a lot of feel for the swing when you cover your grip hand. It's far more effective to make sure that you have put in the time to learn safe axe technique and grips. Each to their own!
Hi Andy. Thanks for the great demos. Really helps with technique and seeing what's possible. Are these Fadir adze bevels ground externally or internally? Thanks!
Hi there! Thanks for being here, so I actually reground this Adze to a more pronounced outside bevel, it was a much softer curve when I first received it
@@andyspoons Thanks for the reply! It was hard to pick with the impressive polish they have on them. It looks to work well for you.
Andy, you haven't posted anything about the Lost Trades Fair and how it went, yet.
Hi Susan, I posted about it on Instagram, it was wonderful 👌
very nice whos Axe are u using and also the azz
Hi Marla, all of the tools are noted in the description 👌
thanks lol missed that part@@andyspoons
Can you recommend an axe? I bought one from Etsy for $75, which is probably the most I can afford, but it's way to heavy to do what you're doing! And the handle is kinda long for me at 5'2".
Hi there! There are some smaller Fiskars hatchets that are really great for the price, you can probably pick one up for around $60. If you are looking on Etsy/eBay, search for something described as "scout". That will be a much lighter and easier axe to use. I hope that helps, thank you so much for the support!!
@@andyspoons Thank you so much!! And greetings from Wisconsin, US. :)
My pleasure! And thank you again 🙂
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