[RBW] Re: Bike, Book, and Hatcheting

2015-07-24 Thread Liesl
Oops, PS: On the far right next to the talking sticks is a roughed out cutleaf maple spoon blank. That's all axe work prior to knife work. Whew! Developing axe skills is really a lot of effort/practice, especially controlling that 2.2 pound Carving axe. I know that the Wildlife Hatchet that

[RBW] Re: Bike, Book, and Hatcheting

2015-07-24 Thread John Philip
Thanks Patrick! On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 9:10:05 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Amazing spoons, Liesl and John! Very impressive! (sorry for the extra > post, I forgot to lead with this!). > > With abandon, > Patrick > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

[RBW] Re: Bike, Book, and Hatcheting

2015-07-23 Thread Deacon Patrick
Amazing spoons, Liesl and John! Very impressive! (sorry for the extra post, I forgot to lead with this!). With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from i

[RBW] Re: Bike, Book, and Hatcheting

2015-07-23 Thread Deacon Patrick
I tried carving bowls and spoons and both are smarter than my brain. Or my brain uses too much of my uber limited brain energy to do it. So my hatcheting is limited to firewood and burning my labor now. Grin. With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[RBW] Re: Bike, Book, and Hatcheting

2015-07-23 Thread John Philip
Here's my first three. All worked from spalted maple from the woodpile in the winter. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cnyriv/sets/72157655860514618 On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 6:37:05 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: > > I know that there are Hatcheters on this list serve because some of you > reply to

Re: [RBW] Re: Bike, Book, and Hatcheting

2015-07-22 Thread Patrick Moore
What do y'all find to chop with them lil' hatchets ("axlings")? I used to love to chop wood, but always used a full-size axe -- one was a Sears that my father bought circa 1963 (my brother still has it), and t'other was a backyard forged head on a hand-carved handle, Kenya, circa 1966. The tree tri

[RBW] Re: Bike, Book, and Hatcheting

2015-07-22 Thread Liesl
I know that there are Hatcheters on this list serve because some of you reply to me off-list. I wonder if folks fear that they will be called out for being off-topic? Be bold, oh League of Riv Hatcheters! It's not anymore off-topic for Rivsters than aeropress coffee makers or paleo diets. Ju