greenwoodworking

To make this stunning piece, all you need is some 8/4 stock and a few common hand tools

Amy Umbel argues fancy sloyd knives and expensive gouges are all well and good, but the perfect knife for any carver—especially a beginner—is the one you will actually use. Time, practice, and love for the craft are more important than any tool.

Andrea Cortés provides an accessible tooling alternative to start spoon carving.

This cup, with design roots in Scandinavia and Japan, offers a quiet lesson in carving a small object.

Build a handsome chair with an inexpensive kit of tools

Using a bench grinder and a steady hand, Dave Fisher explains how to tune-up an adze–whether its an antique or a new model with sub-par bevels.

Learn how to choose, maintain, and use an adze to quickly hog away green wood and form pleasing curves.

Greenwood carver David Fisher eats his cereal each morning out of a bowl he carved himself. You can, too, with just a handful of tools and this quiet tutorial.

Be free from the grasp of the grit.

The innovative design of the Veritas bench axe piqued my curiosity the moment I saw it. The handle is secured to the 3/16-in.-thick plate steel blade by an ingenious system…