Hardly enough ways to praise this work, what I really like was the explanations did not need explaining. Some videos seem to have you wondering just what the heck they mean. This fellow woodworker is uniquely qualified to work and teach, a rare commodity.
Regarding the show comments about soft wood - it's like saying it's easy because you make it Look easy. I've tried my hand at some of this. It's not easy ;) Great job of demonstrating and explaining the work and the tools, thank you ;)
when I lived in hawaii, I supported myself for about 11 years making objects like that out of tropical hardwood. I just have attention deficit disorder and would go insane if I have to use hand tools. I used electric power as much as possible. For bottoms I just traced around coffee cans and had dozens of perfect oval templates. So I applaud your attention to detail and your meticulous use of hand tools.
Well, I am dissappointed to see that lazy craftsmanship videos with power tools gets millions of views/likes and guys like you doesn't. I know you probably are not taking this videos with the priority of earning money but you deserve much better returns. Thank you for all the informations that money can't buy and satisfaction of wathing you doing your art!
Those channels have also been around longer and post content regularly. I follow a couple guys that do just hand work and have lots of views. I've been following them for years, RUclips has only just recommended this channel to me.
Love all the in-depth information. Some people would charge money for workshops that explain less than half of what you have in this video. Thank you so much for sharing your love of the craft with the world.
yes! it brought a lot of value! One of the best tutorials on carving bowls. The info you gave about adzes and all the "insignificant" details you spoke about were to the point and very helpful. Thank you a ton :) Liked and subscribed.. have a great day!
Sycamore is a strong wood, as the craftsman stated, but he keeps his tools sharp enough to carve out easily, giving the impression that the wood is softer. Nice work, Sir.
Was watching Netflix and my mind started to wander. What do I do? I go to a Carving A Path instructional video. You say you hope to add value. You do indeed, sir.
Convinced me, I subscribed, and I am not necessarily a bowl maker. You do such an excellent job of explaining your processes I want to watch whatever you post up. Outstanding and thank you very much!!!
I want to see more tractor videos. That's why I came to this channel. Love to see you working with it and working on it and etc. Your wife is a nice addition, watching her reactions to what you say. She also looks really nice. Get her to speak more.
So many of the people I watch use one of those spokeshave's(?) but you're the first person I've seen that actually said the name and explained what it was. Thank you! Amazing video. I clicked on it and next thing I knew I was sitting down and watching the entire thing.
Wow, I genuinely had no clue this video was almost an hour until I looked at the time and realized I was 37 minutes in, honestly it’s rare that I even watch a 10 minute video all the way through so this is a pretty good video
Thanks for this video I learned so many things from this that actually matter and I'm sure will save me a ton of mistakes being made. I'm now subscribed thanks again
Ooo, now I want to try to carve a bowl but I don't have a single adze. Didn't even know they existed until this video. I will say that I saw your video on how to make a spoon and I made a good one the first time when I was camping the other day! I like the way you think the project out because it makes the final product more symmetrical. I learned that from your video and my spoon looks fantastic because of it!
I kept seeing this video come up as a RUclips suggestion. To be honest, based on the thumbnail I never expected to see a chainsaw or power planer haha. But incredible skills, patience, and an amazing array of hand tools. Glad I finally watched this video.
Have to say, I haven’t carve anything in my life but, would really like to. Even so, I can appreciate the skill, the steady hand, the absolute fantastic explanations of the guy in this video. I have never seen on RUclips the REAL art of working in wood like this guy. If tomorrow will come the end of the world and, we will live in an primitive society again someday, this chap will be in high demand because he can create something beautiful with basic tools. That is a real craftsman!
Wow! There is Alot more to cutting out a Bowl than I thought!!! I am glad I watched you Make this bowl !!! What alot of work!!! Thank you for making this for us!!!🤗
You mentioned difficulties with layout lines in dark woods. A couple of suggestions, try soap stone or a silver layout pencil. These are commonly used in sheet metal shops and are a great contrast on dark surfaces. Hope it helps. Thanks for the great content!
I have learned more in this video than any before it. The only thing I can add is to try boiling the finished item for one hour per inch of thickness. I have done this and after five years my bowl has not cracked anywhere. Finished with cutting board oils and still clear.
This video and your exquisite craftsmanship has been therapeutic! I sub'd immediately. Seeing you Axe, Adze and Spoke - Shave a bowl ( Lathe - less ) is inspiring to say the least. If I were young I'd try my hand at it but at this stage in life I'd likely loose a hand. Wakodahatchee Chris😉
A natural craftsman and a skilled one at that . Video full of everything you need to know a pleasure to watch and to also learn from. Just love the tools he has at his disposal and by the looks of it all purpose forged for the job at hand . I have some carving chisels, a carving axe , getting an adze for my birthday this Friday 16th Feb and i guess i will have to go out and buy a hatchet for ruff cutting pretty soon . Great work a pleasure to watch ( i think 🤔 this is the third viewing now ) thank you for sharing greatly appreciated. Cheers 🍻 mate Les.
Very nice work and great video and explanations.......love the intro flat picking Jerusalem Ridge! Would love to bring my 5 string and spend the day :-) picking and woodworking
Absolutely stunning. The shape and smoothness was a touch of a true artist. Just watching that shape up one could nearly feel the work themselves. You are always so calm and peaceful in your work and the peices really reflect that energy in them. Thank you for sharing all your tips and advice
Thanks for real explanations and good editing. MUCH better than the average video. So many people just show work at triple speed with bad music blaring over the jerky speed movements. Yours are worth watching. I'm subscribing!
Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos con todas las personas que seguimos tú canal ya que estás sabidurías no van a quedar sepultadas cuando dejemos está burbuja porque se las vamos a enseñar a nuestras futuras generaciones te escribo desde polonuevo Atlántico a 17km de Barranquilla Colombia
I don't know exactly why you produce these excellent videos. Seems almost like a superman level of talent in so many areas, so the occasional signs of anxiety during some presentations is a nice humanizing touch. At this stage in my life and location I can't attempt the kind of work you're doing but you've inspired me to do the things I can do with more enthusiasm and attention to detail. Thanks a lot.
Spectacular!! I really appreciate your style, and flow, and explaining why layout and symmetry are important. Not relearning how to do an opposing side is GREAT I would love to spend some more time looking over your shoulder. Keep choppin'. You have very much inspired me.
You are an master in your art and Amazing to watch you turn an Block of wood in to something that will last for years to come...thanks so much for making the video...
I was always under the impression that carving was more art than logic but watching you it appears to be more of a logical process along with a lot of experience thrown in.
You are the Rob Ross of wood carving, if you don't know who that was ,He was enjoyable to watch work,can't wait for you next video Thank you very much for sharing your skills.Later Friends.
Absolutely fabulous work! I'm totally bluffed. This is video no. 3 Please forgive may comments on sharpening, because I'm a cabinet maker, and we do a lot of straight lines. This is a revelation to me. I have a tree surgeon friend (British term for a sort of lumberjack I suppose), and he's getting into adze carving and axe work in general. He makes his sawhorses, dovetailing the sloped legs into the top rail (4 in all). This is beginning to intrigue me; I think I might start to try out some stuff. Thanks ever so much for sharing your wonderful knowledge. God bless. Greetings from France.
❤❤❤wow I’m just getting started with carving bowls and i have found the master carver can’t thank you enough looking forward to seeing more and learning more from you sir
You might consider hearing protection while chopping with the axes and adze. So many sharp bursts of sound, even in one bowl, but of course across many, are likely/possibly not a good thing. Free apps on mobile phones can measure the actual sound pressure/loudness. If it were to turn out there was in fact little or no hearing damage caused by this, hearing protection could reduce “wear and tear” so to speak. Hearing, is more sensitive than many people may think. You make very handsome bowls. Cheers.
I doubt I can say anything more than has been said in the comments already. The hatchet work is amazing! As a former juried wood carver making spoons and walking sticks for a local art gallery, congratulations on making a living at it! $175 for that bowl? NOT enough!! LOL. I'm surprised you didn't leave the scalloped look on the outside, I bet some would go for that look and it's less work smoothing it out. Beautiful however you finish it. I only carve for fun when I have the time (never) but I've made spoons recently from old bourbon barrel staves and wow, dense white oak, aged for 30 or 40 years, some tough carving but makes amazing spoons. Beautiful work, first I've seen of yours but obviously a master.
I suppose since you are carving a bowl a day, or more, that muscle memory is a significant player! Thank you for the ability to put words to one-ness and intimacy with your wood. When your focus moves to a new area, you're ON IT, seeing how this new grain is the same or different; thus your comments re:scoring. Another thing, I notice; you dont seem to be worried about bustingthrough the bowl, but Im warching your depth of cuts on the top, and it gives me trepidation! Well, thank you for the best most productive hour Ive spent in a while!
Have you heard of John C. Cambell Folks School in Brasstown ,North Carolina they teach all sorts of crafts like wood carving, blacksmithing and many more .That is near where I live my dad was a wood carver. I do some turning ,blacksmithing and walking stick making.i really enjoy seeing people like you making things with your hands its almost a lost art.
I love your in depth explanations and all your very helpful advices! Best video I've seen so far. Thank you soo much for being the Bob Ross of Woodcarving. Very inspiring. Tanks for putting all the work to produce and upload it. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks heaps.
When you don't see sandpaper, you know you're with masters.
Thanks again.
That string method is gold! This whole video is gold!
Hardly enough ways to praise this work, what I really like was the explanations did not need explaining. Some videos seem to have you wondering just what the heck they mean. This fellow woodworker is uniquely qualified to work and teach, a rare commodity.
Regarding the show comments about soft wood - it's like saying it's easy because you make it Look easy. I've tried my hand at some of this. It's not easy ;) Great job of demonstrating and explaining the work and the tools, thank you ;)
when I lived in hawaii, I supported myself for about 11 years making objects like that out of tropical hardwood. I just have attention deficit disorder and would go insane if I have to use hand tools. I used electric power as much as possible. For bottoms I just traced around coffee cans and had dozens of perfect oval templates. So I applaud your attention to detail and your meticulous use of hand tools.
Okay, that guitar intro made me an instant subscriber! :D
Well, I am dissappointed to see that lazy craftsmanship videos with power tools gets millions of views/likes and guys like you doesn't. I know you probably are not taking this videos with the priority of earning money but you deserve much better returns. Thank you for all the informations that money can't buy and satisfaction of wathing you doing your art!
Those channels have also been around longer and post content regularly. I follow a couple guys that do just hand work and have lots of views. I've been following them for years, RUclips has only just recommended this channel to me.
Subbed this dudes a G
They are not lazy they just like a different kind of woodworking
That chainsaw though... LAZY! LOL jk. Power tools aren't lazy, just less love in the individual tasks, like using a food processor to chop salsa
Love all the in-depth information. Some people would charge money for workshops that explain less than half of what you have in this video. Thank you so much for sharing your love of the craft with the world.
Incredible tools!! One day I will get one if you are still making them. Thanks for the video!
Now that I have finished carving my three grand daughters a spoon, I have began working on my second bowl.👍
yes! it brought a lot of value! One of the best tutorials on carving bowls. The info you gave about adzes and all the "insignificant" details you spoke about were to the point and very helpful. Thank you a ton :) Liked and subscribed.. have a great day!
I’m sure I will be watching this video again before I start my bowl, and during the progress of my bowl.👍
Clearly a master craftsman.... no shortcuts to this kind of experience. Beautiful to watch.
Sycamore is a strong wood, as the craftsman stated, but he keeps his tools sharp enough to carve out easily, giving the impression that the wood is softer. Nice work, Sir.
Was watching Netflix and my mind started to wander. What do I do? I go to a Carving A Path instructional video. You say you hope to add value. You do indeed, sir.
Convinced me, I subscribed, and I am not necessarily a bowl maker. You do such an excellent job of explaining your processes I want to watch whatever you post up. Outstanding and thank you very much!!!
I want to see more tractor videos.
That's why I came to this channel.
Love to see you working with it and working on it and etc.
Your wife is a nice addition, watching her reactions to what you say.
She also looks really nice.
Get her to speak more.
I have been doing carpenter work and trim, furniture all my life. But you taught this ole dog a new trick with the string and making a perfect oval!
I love the guitar at the beginning of the videos. Let you know this man has a soul and great hands! Great quality and very informative!
Great intro with the birds and the guitar. Grateful for you sharing your skills.
This video was everything I was asking for, and more, and I must say I am a bit overwhelmed. Thank you for this video.
Heey, thats great video Love the melody you play in the begining with birds songs and like that theres no music when you explain and work.
It's a joy to watch a master at work.
Not even halfway through... and information is priceless! Wonderful teaching.❤
So many of the people I watch use one of those spokeshave's(?) but you're the first person I've seen that actually said the name and explained what it was. Thank you! Amazing video. I clicked on it and next thing I knew I was sitting down and watching the entire thing.
Thank you for your positive feedback. And also thank you for your interaction we really appreciate that
I have never seen a bowl carved in this manner. I wish I had gotten into doing this way back when I was a younger man. Thanks for the instruction.
Wow, I genuinely had no clue this video was almost an hour until I looked at the time and realized I was 37 minutes in, honestly it’s rare that I even watch a 10 minute video all the way through so this is a pretty good video
You're so smooth, deft and accurate with a hatchet, chickens everywhere must be scared of you :)
The Lord above has given you great talent and you have not wasted it. Thank you for letting your light shine!
As a green wood worker from the uk I appreciate these vids thanks
Thanks for this video I learned so many things from this that actually matter and I'm sure will save me a ton of mistakes being made. I'm now subscribed thanks again
That bowl will still be functional a hundred years from now. I can imagine using it to make biscuits. Beautiful.
Awesome craftsmanship!!! Pleasure to watch. I don’t have the tools necessary but enjoy watching., thanks for sharing
Ooo, now I want to try to carve a bowl but I don't have a single adze. Didn't even know they existed until this video.
I will say that I saw your video on how to make a spoon and I made a good one the first time when I was camping the other day! I like the way you think the project out because it makes the final product more symmetrical. I learned that from your video and my spoon looks fantastic because of it!
hi, I m from argentina, Amaizin work. Thank you for show how to carving
I kept seeing this video come up as a RUclips suggestion. To be honest, based on the thumbnail I never expected to see a chainsaw or power planer haha. But incredible skills, patience, and an amazing array of hand tools. Glad I finally watched this video.
Amazingly talented. 🙌
Have to say, I haven’t carve anything in my life but, would really like to. Even so, I can appreciate the skill, the steady hand, the absolute fantastic explanations of the guy in this video. I have never seen on RUclips the REAL art of working in wood like this guy. If tomorrow will come the end of the world and, we will live in an primitive society again someday, this chap will be in high demand because he can create something beautiful with basic tools. That is a real craftsman!
Thank you for your comment we really appreciate your interest and your kind words. thanks again
Wow! There is Alot more to cutting out a Bowl than I thought!!!
I am glad I watched you
Make this bowl !!! What alot of work!!!
Thank you for making this for us!!!🤗
It's a beautiful thing! Really well done.
You mentioned difficulties with layout lines in dark woods. A couple of suggestions, try soap stone or a silver layout pencil. These are commonly used in sheet metal shops and are a great contrast on dark surfaces. Hope it helps. Thanks for the great content!
Beautiful final shape.
I have learned more in this video than any before it. The only thing I can add is to try boiling the finished item for one hour per inch of thickness. I have done this and after five years my bowl has not cracked anywhere. Finished with cutting board oils and still clear.
Not only are you a great craft an, your instructions were outstanding.
Great video. Thanks
Man that’s too awesome! It must of took a lot of practice.
OUT STANDING SIR I WISH I HAD THE PATIANTS TO DO WORK LIKE THAT NOW I DO KNOW I CAN MAKE THAT TOOL I AM A BLACKSMITH
Being someone who makes bowels on a lathe I’m impressed nicely done.
God bless yor sir. Thank you so much for your shareing! Love your vid absolutely! P.S. Awesome singing!!!
This is what mastering a skill looks like! I learned a LOT from this video! Thank you!
Never seen a bowl made this way I'm a wood Turner and this is very interesting to me I am going to try this method great technic and skill
This video and your exquisite craftsmanship has been therapeutic! I sub'd immediately. Seeing you Axe, Adze and Spoke - Shave a bowl ( Lathe - less ) is inspiring to say the least. If I were young I'd try my hand at it but at this stage in life I'd likely loose a hand.
Wakodahatchee Chris😉
A natural craftsman and a skilled one at that .
Video full of everything you need to know a pleasure to watch and to also learn from.
Just love the tools he has at his disposal and by the looks of it all purpose forged for the job at hand .
I have some carving chisels, a carving axe , getting an adze for my birthday this Friday 16th Feb and i guess i will have to go out and buy a hatchet for ruff cutting pretty soon .
Great work a pleasure to watch ( i think 🤔 this is the third viewing now ) thank you for sharing greatly appreciated.
Cheers 🍻 mate Les.
You make sense with the adze. So why don't manufacturers listen to people like you and make the same style of tools? Stunning work sir!
Very nice work and great video and explanations.......love the intro flat picking Jerusalem Ridge! Would love to bring my 5 string and spend the day :-) picking and woodworking
Absolutely stunning. The shape and smoothness was a touch of a true artist. Just watching that shape up one could nearly feel the work themselves. You are always so calm and peaceful in your work and the peices really reflect that energy in them. Thank you for sharing all your tips and advice
Another masterpiece of carving instruction, with the bonus gem showing how to layout a perfect oval. Thanks for sharing!
Agree
Thanks for real explanations and good editing. MUCH better than the average video. So many people just show work at triple speed with bad music blaring over the jerky speed movements. Yours are worth watching. I'm subscribing!
Interesting video on carving a bowl using hand tools. Like they did in the old days!
Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos con todas las personas que seguimos tú canal ya que estás sabidurías no van a quedar sepultadas cuando dejemos está burbuja porque se las vamos a enseñar a nuestras futuras generaciones te escribo desde polonuevo Atlántico a 17km de Barranquilla Colombia
I'm saving up for the adze you make, you had me looking at all the makers, and on RUclips, and none cut like yours. I've got the bug again! Thanks.
Dude I thought I had seen adze work but your adzes are on another level!!
Always a pleasure to watch someone work that has clear mastery of their discipline. thanks for the video.
I don't know exactly why you produce these excellent videos. Seems almost like a superman level of talent in so many areas, so the occasional signs of anxiety during some presentations is a nice humanizing touch. At this stage in my life and location I can't attempt the kind of work you're doing but you've inspired me to do the things I can do with more enthusiasm and attention to detail. Thanks a lot.
Breathtaking beauty in the final piece. By a master craftsman.
Spectacular!! I really appreciate your style, and flow, and explaining why layout and symmetry are important. Not relearning how to do an opposing side is GREAT I would love to spend some more time looking over your shoulder. Keep choppin'. You have very much inspired me.
Wow you do an excellent job I never watched a video on wood making B4 it is very interesting 👍
Absolutly master! great knowledge of wood soul. Congratulations from Spain.
You are an master in your art and
Amazing to watch you turn an Block of wood in to something that will last for years to come...thanks so much for making the video...
I was always under the impression that carving was more art than logic but watching you it appears to be more of a logical process along with a lot of experience thrown in.
Yes ;) I think it's both and varies in degrees with the craftsperson.
I turn my bowls on a lathe. People have no idea how much work you put in to making a bowl. Good job
You are the Rob Ross of wood carving, if you don't know who that was ,He was enjoyable to watch work,can't wait for you next video Thank you very much for sharing your skills.Later Friends.
Such a pleasure to watch that video - one of those feats where the bowl will far outlast the maker - an indelible mark on humanity
It’s therapeutic watching the bowl take shape.
Absolutely fabulous work! I'm totally bluffed. This is video no. 3 Please forgive may comments on sharpening, because I'm a cabinet maker, and we do a lot of straight lines. This is a revelation to me. I have a tree surgeon friend (British term for a sort of lumberjack I suppose), and he's getting into adze carving and axe work in general. He makes his sawhorses, dovetailing the sloped legs into the top rail (4 in all). This is beginning to intrigue me; I think I might start to try out some stuff.
Thanks ever so much for sharing your wonderful knowledge.
God bless. Greetings from France.
❤❤❤wow I’m just getting started with carving bowls and i have found the master carver can’t thank you enough looking forward to seeing more and learning more from you sir
Love the way you lay out the ovals.
hopping you guys are well were ever you are many blessings
The sound of the spoke shave 😍
Thanks for this video I really enjoyed watching a craftsman at work together with the insights that you gave.
Thank you so much. I have watched this twice. I am learning a great deal.
Wow.. a true artist, craftsman. A joy to watch.
You might consider
hearing protection while chopping with the axes and adze.
So many sharp bursts of sound, even in one bowl,
but of course across many,
are likely/possibly not a good thing.
Free apps on mobile phones can measure the actual sound pressure/loudness.
If it were to turn out there was in fact little or no hearing damage caused by this,
hearing protection could reduce
“wear and tear” so to speak.
Hearing, is more sensitive
than many people may think.
You make very handsome bowls.
Cheers.
You are my new hero . Quality craftsmanship
beautiful bowl and helpful advice, have watched this video over and over again as I am learning to carve bowls, thanks
Outstanding Workmanship.!! I definitely learned Lots from your video.. I'm definitely watching more. 🇺🇸
Fantastic work and great video sir. Thank you for sharing your skill and educating us.
I doubt I can say anything more than has been said in the comments already. The hatchet work is amazing! As a former juried wood carver making spoons and walking sticks for a local art gallery, congratulations on making a living at it! $175 for that bowl? NOT enough!! LOL. I'm surprised you didn't leave the scalloped look on the outside, I bet some would go for that look and it's less work smoothing it out. Beautiful however you finish it. I only carve for fun when I have the time (never) but I've made spoons recently from old bourbon barrel staves and wow, dense white oak, aged for 30 or 40 years, some tough carving but makes amazing spoons. Beautiful work, first I've seen of yours but obviously a master.
Thank you for taking the time to write such a kind comment. We really appreciate your interaction. And your positive feedback thanks
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I suppose since you are carving a bowl a day, or more, that muscle memory is a significant player! Thank you for the ability to put words to one-ness and intimacy with your wood. When your focus moves to a new area, you're ON IT, seeing how this new grain is the same or different; thus your comments re:scoring. Another thing, I notice; you dont seem to be worried about bustingthrough the bowl, but Im warching your depth of cuts on the top, and it gives me trepidation! Well, thank you for the best most productive hour Ive spent in a while!
Have you heard of John C. Cambell Folks School in Brasstown ,North Carolina they teach all sorts of crafts like wood carving, blacksmithing and many more .That is near where I live my dad was a wood carver. I do some turning ,blacksmithing and walking stick making.i really enjoy seeing people like you making things with your hands its almost a lost art.
I LIKE THE STRIG METHOD. GOOD JOB
love the focus on efficiency.
Beautiful craftmanship. Be proud of your work.
Thank you for taking the time to show us your craft. You are an excellent teacher.
Great craftsmanship.
Hats off to the skill and teaching! Inspirational!
Great tutorial. I really enjoyed the video, thank you!
That is some well tuned hands and tools!
I love your in depth explanations and all your very helpful advices! Best video I've seen so far. Thank you soo much for being the Bob Ross of Woodcarving. Very inspiring. Tanks for putting all the work to produce and upload it. Looking forward to your next video.