Captain Hellboy asked:


what kind of wood is the best for carving very small detail? I’m guessing bamboo or even some kind of nut? Anyone out there who knows about carving? I’ve been using pine, which is too soft and bass, which is too crumbly.

LAMAR

Pride ? asked:


I have these wooden bracelets and i want to carve words in them but where can i find the object that you use to carve?

Note: i live in NYC

VAN

blondie asked:


I would like to restart my old hobby of wood carving. I used to have one that was electric but i threw away the charger so now i cant charge it and i want to make something….any suggestions on where to but a kit or a wood carving tool?

ALLEN

tj5burgess asked:


im looking for some cross pattern and wooding bowl pattern i saw some one time before and now i cant find them agin

WILBERT

Reinhart asked:


Hi all,

Recently the pace of life’s getting a little slow, a little boring and I feel like picking up a hobby that I could just take time and develop whenever and wherever and won’t really have to feel pressured into doing (like going to classes every week at some remote places 2 hours away).

Is there a way for me to self-teach myself wood-carving or whittling? (I personally don’t believe you absolutely need a teacher, the very first teacher didn’t have a teacher) What’s the difference of the two? Are they more suitable for different shapes or objects you want to achieve with wood? I think I’m a little more interested in whittling, but I know little of the difference.

What kind of chisel or whittling knife should I use; are there a more universal one (so instead of having 15 different kinds I can just have 5)? Are there shapes or objects I should start out practicing like when you’re just starting out drawing teachers would tell you to draw geometric shapes (square, triangle)?
My goal years down the road is to be able to carve figurines of…people, I guess. (NOT bed frames/wall frames/ceiling frames or whatever commercial application decoration stuff with ornamental shapes, this is a hobby for fun) The closest commercial application if you must - for the people who can’t think outside of such framework - is probably those religious carvings from various religions of their saints, and gods; or just plain animal figurines as well.

So, what do you think? Thank you!

ADOLFO

sarah asked:


My sister is 16 and well shes never been good at anything, but I watched her take a knife and just an old log she found outside and she carved a beautiful woman out of the wood. No templates or anything she just…did it. It was so beautiful. How did she do this without templates, proper carving tools or ANYTHING?

KYLE

it will be ok asked:


I want to carve a tobacco pipe out of wood and was wondering what type of wood is best. Obviously any “treated” wood would not be good for the health (not that smoking is either).

ISIDRO

rememberevan asked:


im looking for a soft, easy to carve type of wood.

ALI

Ninja Joe asked:


What is a good starting project for wood carving?
I don’t want it to be something stupid like a statue, I want it to be something you can use. (I’ve seen spoons, swords, bows)

SOLOMON

John asked:


I would like to take up wood carving as a hobby but I’m not sure where I should go to buy the supplies that I would need. Could someone recommend some national chain stores for me to buy my supplies? I live in New Jersey and not far from Philadelphia if that helps. Thanks.

AGUSTIN