Whittling Stuff

Handmade wooden spoons & figures. For sale on my webshop https://whittlingstuff.square.site/

[whittlingstuff]

I've been trying to carve a slightly different style of "little guys" . These guys are roughly 3" tall and the small one is my standard 2" tall caricature I put him there for size & style comparison. ✌️

[whittlingstuff]

An astronaut, a cat and, a farmer walk into a bar...

[whittlingstuff]

Trying to carve something a little bigger 🔪

[whittlingstuff]

[whittlingstuff]

Business cat 🐱

[whittlingstuff]

Farmer dude, 2"x1" basswood & watercolor

[whittlingstuff]

Don't waste you're money buying a strop for honing your knives when you can make one in less than 20 mins from stuff around your house. Grab yourself an old leather belt, a flat length of wood, and some wood glue. As for the rest, just cut the wood to match the width and length of the belt (length is up to you) mine is roughly 8" long not including the handle (handle is optional as well as its not required but good if you want to hang it while not in use). Make sure to score the side of the wood accepting the leather with a knife, and lightly sandpaper the shiny side of the leather which will be glued to the scored surface of the wood, this so there is good adhesion between both surfaces. Then add the glue & line up the leather with the wood. You could also set a few heavy flat objects on top (I used blocks of wood) to ensure strong adhesion. Once glue has set you can cut any leather from the edges that may overhang, and if you added a handle take a file and add a smooth bevel to the edges for comfort.

That's it! Now step back & get ready to enjoy years of faithful service from an invaluable tool for a wood carver that you've created 💪 👍

Thanks for reading & happy whittling

[whittlingstuff]

Don't waste you're money buying a strop for honing your knives when you can make one in less than 20 mins from stuff around your house. Grab yourself an old leather belt, a flat length of wood, and some wood glue. As for the rest, just cut the wood to match the width and length of the belt (length is up to you) mine is roughly 8" long not including the handle (handle is optional as well as its not required but good if you want to hang it while not in use). Make sure to score the side of the wood accepting the leather with a knife, and lightly sandpaper the shiny side of the leather which will be glued to the scored surface of the wood, this so there is good adhesion between both surfaces. Then add the glue & line up the leather with the wood. You could also set a few heavy flat objects on top (I used blocks of wood) to ensure strong adhesion. Once glue has set you can cut any leather from the edges that may overhang, and if you added a handle take a file and add a smooth bevel to the edges for comfort.

That's it! Now step back & get ready to enjoy years of faithful service from an invaluable tool for a wood carver that you've created 💪 👍

Thanks for reading & happy whittling

[whittlingstuff]

The line up.

[whittlingstuff]

[whittlingstuff]

Added some shellac for protection from the elements, and now Ron is a keychain 🔑

[whittlingstuff]

"Never half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing." - Ron Swanson

[whittlingstuff]

[whittlingstuff]

Here's a few progression shots of a lil' guy if y'all want to give it a try. He's roughly 2" tall by 1" wide, but you can make him any size you'd like 👍

[whittlingstuff]

Friends!

[whittlingstuff]

Making him a friend...

[whittlingstuff]

I keep a bucket of "cut offs" you know, those pieces of scrap basswood that are small and seemingly pointless after cutting out a pattern. Every now and then when I'm bored and out of ideas I'll pick a piece of wood from that bucket and just start carving. This particular scrap piece looked like a cat to me. So a cat it will be!