Whittlers and Wood Carvers

rlin · 11-10-2010, 07:21 PM

nice corkey!

my grandpa taught me to whittle... i loved sitting under the tree with him... he always made me push away from my hands... and when he wasnt looking i would always revert to the way he whittled... pulling the knife toward me...
i love to carve... or just whittle...
i tend to make toothpicks... out of huge pcs of wood... sometimes i will make this little graduated tower design...

you mentioned arthritis... not my affliction but i do have a problem with my right hand... i am teaching myself how to do everything (

) left handed... maybe i will pick up a knife again... see what i can do...

thanks for this thread... it has allowed me to look back at something that i miss... fondly...

keep us posted... i love wood... it calls to me in lots of different ways...

11-10-2010, 07:21 PM	#10
rlin Member How Do You Identify?: human Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: nomad Posts: 712 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,450 Thanked 1,189 Times in 451 Posts Rep Power: 1004849	nice corkey! my grandpa taught me to whittle... i loved sitting under the tree with him... he always made me push away from my hands... and when he wasnt looking i would always revert to the way he whittled... pulling the knife toward me... i love to carve... or just whittle... i tend to make toothpicks... out of huge pcs of wood... sometimes i will make this little graduated tower design... you mentioned arthritis... not my affliction but i do have a problem with my right hand... i am teaching myself how to do everything () left handed... maybe i will pick up a knife again... see what i can do... thanks for this thread... it has allowed me to look back at something that i miss... fondly... keep us posted... i love wood... it calls to me in lots of different ways...