I spent time with the talented Peter Kovacs of Soulwood Creations at his workshop in West Yorkshire in the North of England

Peters Website https://www.soulwoodcreations.com

Peters Instagram   / soulwood_creations  

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Below are the videos in this entire series filmed with Peter:

1. How To Carve A Spoon    • How To Carve A Spoon  Soulwood Creat...  

2. Carving Knife Handle Ergonomics    • Carving Knife Handle Ergonomics  Sou...  

3. How To Make And Fit A Carving Knife Handle *THIS VIDEO YOU ARE WATCHING*

4. Carving Axe Handle Ergonomics    • Carving Axe Handle Ergonomics  Soulw...  

5. How To Make And Fit A Carving Axe Handle    • How To Make And Fit A Carving Axe Han...  

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Below is a timestamp of all the sections in this video:

(Click on the time on the left to go straight to that section)

00:00:00 Start
00:00:17 Introduction
00:02:43 Materials being used
00:05:38 Knife tang varieties
00:06:50 Fitting bolster to handle
00:16:04 Making prototype handles
00:18:19 Marking out handle design
00:24:06 Marking out tang hole
00:28:01 Different tang fitting techniques
00:28:47 Round tang fitting technique
00:33:46 Flat tang / Drill stitch technique
00:45:47 Flat tang / Burning technique
01:00:45 Drawing handle design
01:05:28 Handle shaping with bandsaw
01:12:00 Handle shaping with belt sander
01:16:01 Handle shaping with bobbing sander
01:17:14 Marking out initial facets
01:21:12 Shaping facets with belt sander
01:23:10 Shaping facets with spoke shave
01:29:33 Marking out secondary facets
01:32:34 Shaping secondary facets with spoke shave
01:35:36 Shaping secondary facets with straight knife
01:41:20 Shaping pommel with straight knife
01:42:55 Refining bolster shape
01:45:21 Types of epoxy glue
01:46:11 Preparing handle for gluing
01:49:20 Final preparation for gluing
01:52:40 Gluing blade to handle
02:01:12 Checking knife part way through glue curing
02:04:59 Cleaning bolster once glue is cured
02:09:02 Final oiling of handle
02:10:20 Final inspection of knife
02:11:23 Conclusion
02:13:48 Outro

As always I appreciate you watching

Take care

Peace

Zed

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