My daughters first knife.

My daughter is two years old and likes to watch and muck in when I'm carving, she likes to clean up the shavings and practices her technique with the bit and brace.

Whilst carving today I decided to make a wooden knife for her.



She really enjoyed using it!, I gave her a few tips on knife grips which she watched and seemed to take in.






It wont be long now until I'm making her a real knife for carving.

A few photos from work.

Heres a few pics from a really nice pond area where we have been working recently.
The job was to remove 40% of the Sycamore trees.





A nice place to work and I got some wood from the job too.

Heres a few Fungus shots that I have seen on my travels.



Auricularia auricula-judae



coprinus micaceus

Rustic but functional.

I have been trying to get a few jobs about the house done recently, little uns room done just ours to do!, I have also for ages been meaning to make a coat hook for the back of the door, mainly
because I just hang my work coats and fleeces over the top of the door.
So I set to work on this.



Its made from Apple wood with Ash hooks, I really like the grain in the Apple.



I really wanted to make something rustic rather than styled I think it works in its own way.

Spoon rack

I made a spoon rack for my folks a while ago and I thought that I would show a pic of it installed in their kitchen.

Its made from Willow.



Its great to see the things you make being used and enjoyed, a gift that hopefully will be enjoyed for a lifetime.

Sugar spoons

I have been making a few spoons of late and have made some more sugar spoons.



Heres some more pics of the new ones.



The longer one is from Birch and two of the smaller ones are Ash the other is Birch.
I love these small ones and use one every day, it lives in the sugar pot at home, here is a pic of the shape of the handle.