You could discover that you spend more time at home alone as you become older. Your general health will suffer if you are lonely or socially isolated. For instance, it could make you feel more depressed or anxious, harming many other facets of your health. For elders, wood carving may be a fun hobby and [...]
Did know that the value of the wood carving industry in the United States of America is around $17 billion? Becoming a wood carver is a great way to spend time and take up an affordable hobby that challenges you while also helping you get relief from everyday life. It helps you to learn how [...]
What is the best wood carving knife, you wonder? Portability has always been a strong selling point for these blades, so you may want to start with that before moving forward. Factoring easy-carrying should help you land a very sharp and convenient knife for carving wood. Then again, there should be quite a few knives [...]
We often write about wood carving and we already covered wood carving tool sets, sharpening of the tools, books for beginners etc. Now we decided to make a small guide to all of you that want to learn the basics and more about the types of wood carving tools. Professional wood carvers use a huge [...]
A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal by hand, struck with a mallet. The handle and blade of some types of chisels are made of metal or of wood with a sharp edge [...]
Wood carving and woodturning are fantastic hobbies for everyone and it is a pleasure to see how simple piece of wood becomes a work of art. In our previous articles we tought you something about Wood carving tools, something about Woodturning tools, and even How to sharpen wood carving tools. If you are a wood [...]
Most important thing for every woodcarver is to have finely sharpened wood carving tools. Properly sharpened wood carving tools guarantees that your wood carving projects will be flawless. There are many ways for sharpening wood carving tools and almost every woodcarver has an unique twist on standard techniques. In one of our previous articles Wood [...]
Wood carving is a perfect hobby which provides unlimited freedom to everyone with artistic soul to express himself. In one of our previous articles Wood carving tools we provided you with the information about essential tools for ever wood carver and we presented ready-made wood carving tool sets in every price range. After that we [...]
If you are into wood carving then you already know that there is no such thing as the complete wood carving set and you already know that you always need a few extra knives and chisels. But if you are just starting with wood carving it is very hard to find the right set because [...]
