Behind the Scenes: Axes, Carving Tools & Exciting News! | Work in Progress Wednesday

[@BenOrford]

It’s good to be back with a WIP Wednesday 🎉

[@andreas_baumgarten]

I really missed your "Work in Progress Wednesday" videos 😀. Thanks a lot for this one 🙃😉

[@Gunslinger-1962-martin]

Whoop whoop strausberg 🙌🙌👌 love these WIPW Ben & Lois 🥂

[@joelbenoitthewanderingbiso4976]

Always great looking tools Ben and Lois, I'm in the states and I have a spoon carving knife I bought from a few years ago and it's one of my favorite things I own, Always loved you carving videos, Thanks for sharing you two, cheers and Happy new year!

[@cloadj2602]

Hi Ben - Great to have W.I.P. Wednesdays back! Elm as handle material - obviously a great hardwood and looks great on the elemental Woodlanders, but I was wondering - what do you do to 'stabilise' the wood prior to using it, or is it just a question of leaving it to season? If the latter, how long do you leave the wood to season before you can use it? Good to see you and Lois - best of luck with everything this year!!

[@debluetailfly]

I got the green woodcarving kit recently. Am looking forward to using it. I can tell it is all great quality. The fence wire in the handle reminds me of an old kitchen style cabinet made of solid pine. It had to have been made in the early 1900s. There was linoleum lining the shelves. Under the linoleum, I found a hand written grocery receipt from the early 1930s. The board on the end of the cabinet has what at a glance appears to be a knot, but closer inspection showed it to be a piece of lead, probably a bullet. The tree had grown a long time after the bullet lodged in it. I expect it was hit in the early to mid 1800s. Could be a muzzleloader roundball, or a minie ball. No way to tell now. Part of it was removed when it was sawn and planed. When I look at it, I wonder where the tree grew, and what it could have seen throughout it's life.

[@BenOrford]

Wow what an amazing story. This is exactly it, the story of the tool, the cabinet, the tree. Understanding where it has come from and gaining greater respect for it in its new form

[@gerardopolvillo5999]

Hola buenas noche enviáis a España