Whittling Wood Carving

As @rhb says using a gouge like this https://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+hand-tools-carving-tools-japanese-carving-tools-japanese-carving-tools-japanese-wood-carving-tools-asamaru-rutlands+m_jp1164

That soap dish is very nice.

I whittled this a few years ago. It was from an old table leg I picked up from an east end furniture maker, and is a type of Rosewood. Delightful to carve but it took weeks. I did it all with a little pocket knife. I was a courier at the time and carried it in my bag so I had something to do between jobs. I ended up praying for quiet days so I could get on with it.

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Magic.

Very cool

Here’s today’s entry

I’m enjoying butter knives. Going to have a go at a steak knife with serrated blade

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Disaster

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Ahhh!

Shame, I was whittling a tea pot (solid not hollow), and mine splintered too. Gutted.

Will try again with some more suitable wood next time i go for a wander around the local woodland.

Found this little bastard in some wood I’m going to carve

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This was pretty entertaining, might try to do a spoon next.

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Neighbour gave me this earlier. Freshly chopped pear tree.

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Impressive!

Wow that’s insane. Knifes cool

You should do a spoon with a handle like that.

Ha, thanks. I suspect the spiral is easier than it looks. Just got the knife, came really sharp so I'm sure that helped.

Just found these in a box, not seen them for a while :)
From about 25 years ago!

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Where’s the knife from?

Nice work, you should get back into it!

It's a Juha Perttula whittling puukko, link. I like it a lot so far.

It’s very pretty. But just by the name I know it’s out of my price range

These are great!

I guess it's not exactly inexpensive, but not luxury item prices either, 75-85 EUR depending on the version (the stated intent mentioned in the Finnish text is something like "mass-production of hand-made knives"). The blades also might not be exclusive to him, Laurin Metalli blades are sold separately and at least one web shop mentions that PT series (priced around 20 EUR) are dual-hardness. I'm hardly an expert, but the proportions of the blade feel spot on.

If you want an excellent and reasonably priced knife look no further

Also, if you don't mind a bit of DIY, check out https://www.brisa.fi/
The Enzo kits are ace.
Bought one, built it, loved it, lost it, bought another, built another, kept that.

They look like excellent value for money. Only minor problem the gouge I want is out of stock. I’m a leftie