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The Best Wood Carving Knives in 2024- A Definitive Guide

I've spent well over $2,000 in my search for the best whittling and wood carving knives, and I believe that I have found the absolute best options on the market today! All of these knives listed...

Complete Beginners Guide to Pen Turning (With Pictures and Directions)

Pen turning is a wonderful hobby that not only allows you to create a beautiful piece of art, but a utilitarian item that will be used every day! I have seen hand crafted, custom made pens easily...

Step by Step Guide to Preparing a Leather Strop

If you’ve never used a strop before, you use it after using a sharpening stone to further align the edge and polish the blade to hone it to a great degree. A strop is usually prepared by loading it...

Wood Burning Inside: Do’s and Don’ts

Wood burning, also known as pyrography, is an incredibly fun art form; you're basically drawing with fire! Resembling a thick metal pen, the wood-burning tool heats up and uses interchangeable tips...

Is Wood Burning Hard to Learn?

Wood burning is the art of using a heated tool to create designs on wood pieces. Its art can be simple or advanced, but is wood burning really as complex as it looks? Is wood burning a hard hobby to...

The Whittling Knife: Will Just any Knife do?

Over the past 20 years, I have had the chance to whittle with several dozens of different types of knives. Some of these knives ranged from your basic every day pocket knife to specialized wood...