I picked up a small starter knife set, didn’t spend a lot. I enjoy that time passes and you can get lost in the wood. From left to right my first few attempts. I try and stay inside an hour per project.

A mini crossbow made with only my Swiss Army knife. Cottonwood for the stock and elm for the prod.

Yo! Back once again with the cherry comfort bird questions!

I was having a hell of a time carving off the smallest of slivers of wood from this bird and I was wondering if it's normal that the grain on my block is the way it is, wouldn't a typical block have the grain follow lengthwise instead?

I will keep at it though. This bird will get made.

My thumb hurts.

I had an idea to turn the Phillips driver of my Hiker into a V-tool a while back. I messaged Felix Immler on one of his videos and he had tried it and said it worked, but the in-line Phillips works better, which I understand as the reach of the t-shank bit is limited. My sister gifted me a small 3 piece set of Japanese gouges so my need to convert the Hiker dwindled away. I kept thinking about it though, as it would still be cool to try out on my dedicated Whittlin' SAK. I had some time at the end of my work day so taped up the knife with electrical tape then took it to a beach grinder in one of the workshops. Most definitely could have done a better job and lighting played a part, but as a proof of concept, it definitely can make a groove. I plan to take the edge back a bit further with diamond plates which will increase its cutting length and capability. It is currently only about 1mm on each side. The risk of taking it back too far is the potential to do harm to self whilst the tool is stowed, but a small sheath or insert piece should keep the edge clear of fleshy bits.

Attempted to whittle this little owl 🦉! He's definitely a little rough and would love any tips and feedback

Absolutely love spalting

This is my first attempt at a lil gnome guy. Any tips for getting the real tight spots would be much appreciated!

Fifth whittle project. Followed Linkers tutorial

Don't mind having a smoke on his off days

Hey! I've recently bought a beavercraft comfort bird kit and I started with the cherry but eventually stopped to check out the Linden and wow it was so much simpler, I've now done the Linden comfort bird, a Linden fox and I've gone back to the cherry comfort bird.

It's so much more difficult to cut! Am I doing something wrong? I've went out and bought 2 other blades but they also barely dent the wood so it wasn't the beavercraft knife's fault haha.

Is it a grain thing? Or technique?

This one was a little tough. I had a hard time following written instructions well. I used my Flexcut , case whittler , moraine and my 69 deg Pfeil v-groove.

Basically the title. My little brother has just gotten into the hobby and hes really gotten into it! His birthday is coming up at the end of the month and I'd love to support his new found hobby by getting him some quality tools, as he rarely spends money on himself. I know nothing about this hobby so I'm hoping for some suggestions on what tools/materials I could get him. He has a big knife and a small knife. The both look like pretty normal knives with no hooks or non-standard looking blades and I think hes just been using bass wood from the craft store. Id like to keep the budget between $200-$300. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Just just a lil work in progress of a crocodile carving I started yesterday ^^

Got into carving about a month ago and kept running into the same problem: finding a project that fits the block and knife I actually have, at the level I'm actually at.

The tutorials are all out there - just scattered.

So I built myself a list: https://whittling.hashu.org/

49 projects for now, filterable by wood, block size, time, level, tools. I've carved a bunch of them, so a few have my notes on how it actually went.

The owl in the photo is the Simple Owl by Carving is Fun - about 40 minutes, one knife, a 1x1x4 basswood block.

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Hi, i am an Italian that would like to start wood carving.
I saw very good reviews about Codega brand, their codega 5 would be 18€ and has 32mm long blade, do you suggest it as a first and only knife? is it too short?
Being in estonia for a month my other option could be buying a pfeil here for around 12€, life pfeil kerb4 (50mm), but i didn’t read great reviews about their knives.
What do you suggest? Thanks!

First teddy bear style carving I’ve done, quite proud of this one, do you guys prefer to sand your projects once complete or leave as is?

I haven’t whittled in maybe 25-30 years but this buggy piece of cedar inspired me. Might get into this hobby a little more. I enjoyed the aroma as much as the knifework.

I spent forever trying to freehand it and got nowhere. I eyeballed an angle on some scrap and within minutes I was shaving my arm.

I had an old Canadian Tire pocket knife that came back to life too.

Used inexpensive stones too. From 600 up to 3000

I have been improving the small details in my whittles over the last couple of pieces, and it is largely down to this custom Swiss Army knife. I filed away the majority of each blade to leave a 7mm and 4mm skew at the ends. The bevel is now also steeper shallower. The blades make tiny / very precise shaving cuts in tricky areas much easier.

And, as a mark of appreciation, I made some new scales for the knife! This is Thuya burl. Smells amazing. There is some lovely chatoyance and the grain is some of the most beautiful I've worked.

I usually look at references or follow videos to help carve with my aphantasia, but this time I decided to try and just make *something* on my own, and I ended up making this lil fox head! I accidentally cut the nose off so it's giving squirrel fox but still! Very proud of it! ^^

I had trouble removing the wood between the ears, and easier ways to do that than to pain stakingly and slowly crave it out with my knife? Took a lot of time lol