[MR] Fw: [MedievalSawdust] Fw: Need wood carving recommendations

[Barbara Dodge]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Arthur Slaughter 
To: medievalsawdust at yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 7:01 PM
Subject: RE: [MedievalSawdust] Fw: [MR] Need wood carving recommendations


Most hobby stores handle inexpensive carving sets that would work nicely for  making children's toys. A small carving knife like offered by Flexi cut is also very nice to have. Lee Vally Tools is a decent source as well for quality tools of that nature.  I have found the best wood for beginning carvers to be basswood it is soft  and fairly free of  variations in grain . I use it for most of the carvings I do.  When I was on teh West Caost I found alder  nice to work with. Sadly it is not available here in the Midwest.
Finnr



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lady Rhiannon of Berra" <ladyrhi at gmail.com>
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: [MR] Need wood carving recommendations

> Good afternoon!
>
> I'm hoping there's someone out there who can point me to a few things
> relating to wood carving. I'm an utter and complete novice but I want to
> learn. I want to carve three-dimensional items (such as dogs, horses, 
> etc.
> as medieval children's toys and small implements (for display, not for
> children to actually play with)....
>
> so I am in need of recommendations for carving tools and what type of wood
> would be best suited for such an endeavor (as well as any clue where I 
> might
> find such wood).
>
>
>
> -- 
> Gina MacNeill
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