What do bushcrafters do in the Winter?

Is it cold enough for you?

Christmas Gift I carved for my wife.

Looks like the shelter is still standing!

Debris Shelter.... more like a snow shelter...




Hrmmm.... need more snow!

Its a snow bump!

Yes Mungo! I am wearing wool!

Serious Winter Bushcrafters!

Thanks, Decado.

First spoon...

I think I promised to post pictures of my first spoon carving.

Here it is:

This is exactly where my wife decided to display it.... Should be interesting to see where she puts the other dozen or so I will probably make too!

It was made from a piece of cedar to test out my new Carving Jack. It probably would not be good to use in the woods. Even oiled.... yes?

At some point soon I will be making one for my kit. Need to find the right piece of wood first.

More to come,

Thanks, Decado.

X-Mas came early!

I have had it for a week but I thought I would post this to tell the tale!

From a birthday gift from my parents and an early present from my overly-generous and beautiful wife, I got a chance last weekend to go down to my favorite wood carving store in Kitchener and pick up the "Carving Jack" by Flexcut.

It is awesome! I am carrying it around where ever I go now. I had read Ferrol's post about carving a spoon being the right of passage so..... the first thing I did was look for a piece of wood. I was at my brother's place at the time so I had to make due with what I could find. In this case I thought I would play it safe and just test out the 'Jack' on a piece of cedar. I know. Its probably not the best wood for making a spoon but I thought I would give it a try. (will post a picture soon) It worked like a dream. I have found that Flexcut makes a good quality carving tool.

I will be taking a look around this weekend to see if I can find myself a nicer bit of wood to make my very own camp spoon. In the mean time I sanded the cedar one up a bit and left it for my creative wife to find. Will probably find it hanging on the wall somewhere in the house decorated with flowers by the time I get home! She is, after all, my biggest "carving" fan...

Now if I could only get all my camping equipment cleaned up out of the basement, she would probably proclaim me her shining 'Hero'! Hrmm.... maybe not!