This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making.
Friday, May 09, 2008
Readers interested in carving spoons might be interested in how to make a knife for carving them. Caraboo Blades offers a tutorial. The crooked knife I use and as shown above has a tiny little blade perfectly suited to quiet carving, even on the go. No workshop or workbench required. The photo above shows from left, a cold steel knife blank, my handy spoon knife, a crooked knife we made at the New England Association of Woodworking teachers conference in 2003, and a crooked knife made with Clear Spring high school students in 2004 using an old band saw blade as a source for steel. The sandpaper wrapped dowel is used for sharpening.
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