Because some of you liked my last posts with my work in progress (naturally I haven't finished these, but started to work on an octopus jewellery dish 🙄 because you can't have enough UFO's in your life 😅) I show you my Kirschvogel. Kirsche means Cherry in German, Vogel = Bird. I had something swallow- or sparrowlike in my mind while I worked on it, but my dear family calls it "Die Ente!" (this duck!) 🤪, because the beak looks very wide when you look from above at the thingie. But I designed it to look at it from the side. I made it for myself and it now sits on a raised place on my desktop, so that I look directly at it and can just be happy about my small bird.

I saw something like this (bigger, shinier, better) on Pinterest last year and tried to make it in a smaller scale. It's a Holder for pens - or respectively my fountain pen of choice. The pen of your choice should resemble the tail feather. As you can see, a lip stick has also a perfect place here.
As funny as this is: The cherry wood I used is selled as neatly in smooth rectangles sowed smoker wood for BBQs. Nice for litte projects and much cheaper than wood which is explicitly sold for whittling. But it's seasoned and really hard wood - which gave me some problems in the beginning - until I switched to soak it before working on it.

#whittling #schnitzen #holz #carving #CherryWood #woodCarving #wood #woodworking #Holzbearbeitung #axe #hatchet #bird #pen #fountainPen #Füller #Tintenfüller #ink #MastoArt

Had a lovely afternoon with nice visitor and could do something while we talked. Here are some pics in progress: I played a little bit with fire 🔥 to smooth out the surface of this small jewellery dish I'm making. I always have problems with the surface after using my gouges. Working with sandpaper for too long hurts too much in my wrists. So I had the idea to use fire - it worked out great. Will do some sanding and then give it a polish with my homemade wood butter.
The other picture is showing a little spoon blanket I made today - out of a bit of cherry wood. It's relatively hard wood, before working on it, I always need to soak it for a few minutes in water. Maybe that's really bad for wood? I haven't seen other persons doing this (but maybe they mostly use green wood for whittling?). I tried it at other small objects and the wood didn't splinter or went grey. The outcome was really nice and I could work out a very thin rim. You can see this in the little kitchen chute I made, have a look in this recipe article for a cookie spice (scroll down to have a better look at it):
https://www.magischer-kessel.de/2022/11/keksgewuerz-weihnachtliche-gewuerzmischung-fuer-muerbeteigplaetzchen-co/

Also in the picture is the axe/hatchett I got for christmas. Used it for the first time. I like her weight, but the handle is a little bit to thick for my hands. As you can see, she is two faced and has an adze (Runddechsel) for bowls or (bigger than my actual one) spoons. Still searching for a name for her.

#whittling #schnitzen #holz #carving #spoonCarving #woodCarving #wood #woodworking #Holzbearbeitung #axe #hatchet

Germany: Hatchet-wielding woman blocks train

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-hatchet-wielding-woman-blocks-train/a-65408465?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Germany #Stuttgart #Karlsruhe #hatchet

I chopped a sort of pine cone shape for the top of a stairway. -will probably finish with linseed oil
#shaggycedar #woodcarving #rough #hatchet #rustic cabin

Chores need doin'.

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#umberwolf #theUmberwolf #xxTheUmberwolfxx #queerwolf #primalWuff #nonbinary #axe #hatchet #hat #chores#rural #country

still looking for #Hatchet Job report .... a company has "Anal" in its name... I think it is because their reports must come from that Orifice what is the latin for #Shite

chopping a pumpkin...

#chopping #pumpkin #hatchet #overhead #throw #shed #animatedgif

chopping a pumpkin...

#chopping #pumpkin #hatchet #overhead #throw #shed #animatedgif

chopping a pumpkin...

#chopping #pumpkin #hatchet #overhead #throw #shed #animatedgif

keith moon, isle of wight, august 1970...

#keithmoon #isleofwight #august #1970 #mask #hatchet #drummer

keith moon, isle of wight, august 1970...

#keithmoon #isleofwight #august #1970 #mask #hatchet #drummer

keith moon, isle of wight, august 1970...

#keithmoon #isleofwight #august #1970 #mask #hatchet #drummer