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Category Archives: tools
Adze, bowl knife and other handles
Anyone getting tired yet of seeing photos of my tools post-fire? Fear not dear reader, I’m nearly at the end now. Later this week I’m teaching a 1-to-1 course on green wood bowl carving for Sam Robinson, one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged adze, Bill Hogarth apprentice, bowl carving, green wood, hand carved, handle, hook knife, workshop fire
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6ft two man saw
I’ve just bought another two man crosscut saw, this one is 6ft long and looks like it has Champion teeth. I love the reason for selling: One rare vintage two man cross cut saw about 6foot long could be resharpened … Continue reading
New tool handles and sheaths
Eight months after the fire and I’m still getting my tool kit back together. It’s interesting to see which have been the first to be repaired and which have waited longer. Partly this is down to what I’ve been making … Continue reading
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Tagged carving axe, gransfors, green, leather, sheath, wood, work
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Two new saws
Over the winter, when there’s not doing so much scything I’ve been organising the NW Scythe group (“The Gang” as Edward calls us) in coppicing some neglected hazel at Haybridge Nature Reserve. When you’re cutting in amongst the stems, a … Continue reading
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Tagged coppice, coppicing, haybridge nature reserve, hazel, pruning saw, silky, two man saw
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Rust cleaning
It’s summertime and the living is a bit hectic but exciting with all the current scythe goings-on so not much time for making. Charlie and I are getting close to finishing the cleft-oak signposts and, when I get a spare … Continue reading
Heat-treating tools with Robin Wood
During the fire in the workshop, the heat of the flames caused the metal in my tools to soften so the first step in repairing them is to heat-treat them to the correct hardness. I’ve done a little bit of … Continue reading
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Tagged heat treating, Robin Wood, tempering, workshop fire
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FAO Scythe Cradle photos
As promised, here are the photos of the FAO cradle from their ‘Small Farm Implements’ publication of 1953. In the introduction, the authors (our Mr Hopfen again along with Dr E. Biesalski) make an insightful point which, for me, is … Continue reading
Shaving Mule
I was expecting plenty of response to the post “In praise of the homegrown shavehorse” which is a good thing as I want to encourage folk to debate and think about what they’re doing. I thought the first reply warranted … Continue reading
New old tools
It’s 7am on a sunday and I’m walking around a farmer’s field in the rain – there must be a car boot sale. Following the recent workshop fire I’m planning to try and repair as many of the tools as … Continue reading
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Going Straight!
With reference to Steve’s note (April 9th) on the Pembrokeshire snath in the Museum of English Rural Life, those interested in snath variations can study this page from an old catalogue. I came across this on the internet. It’s a … Continue reading