Tinker Knives were introduced in the May 25, 2008 post and since then the “tinkering mind” has been active in experimenting with another way to install a pocket knife blade into a wooden handle. That is the way the “tinkering mind” works, trying to make something out of nothing by trying different approaches to come to the same conclusion of “I made this myself.” Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for June, 2008
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CUTTING EDGE SHARP
“Cutting Edge Sharp” refers to the end result of sharpening a knife blade by hand using various abrasive degrees of fineness and stropping on a leather strop to create the “true cutting edge.” The drawing diagram at the left (click to enlarge) of the “cross section of a blade being sharpened” describes what happens in the sharpening process. Read the rest of this entry »
The year was 1992 that this carving of a cowboy was carved. He represents the beginning of a series of carvings named “Whittle Folk ‘Pokes” that began in 1996 and were carved until 2003 and just recently four more ‘Pokes were carved as a commission for an old time carving friend from Texarkana, Arkansas. “Barrel Johnson,” as he was called because he was so bow legged a barrel could be rolled between his legs, returned home as a Father’s Day gift from my wife. Read the rest of this entry »