First Steps Into Wood Carving

Last time, I was writing about the freedom to create something I am discovering lately. Well, I’m happy to say that things went even further this month. I don’t remember if I had seen a video or something else, but in January I had a sprint and bought two Flexcut carving knives and a set to sharpen them. I almost never touched them since then because I didn’t have the time. More important work had priority, and I almost forgot about them. Luckily, around the middle of May, I was able to sit down and start to carve. I still have lots of trouble finding a soft wood, since on YouTube everybody suggests basswood… I have two linden trees, but they are huge and this year I didn’t prune any of their branches. One strong-wind day a quite large hazel tree bough broke, and I had to cut it with the chainsaw. That was a good chance to have fresh wood. Not particularly soft, as I discovered, but better than dry wood. As a first project, I wanted to make something with no sharp corners. Since my…