{"id":7036,"date":"2020-03-03T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T18:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=7036"},"modified":"2021-09-19T18:52:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:52:16","slug":"custom-carving-axe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/custom-carving-axe\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Carving Axe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My refurbished &#8220;Boy Scout&#8221; axe has been doing a fine job, but as I learned more about bowl carving I wanted something better for actual carving.&nbsp; First, I wanted a larger cutting area, similar to the Swedish style.&nbsp; Second, I wanted a special grind, flat on one side and tapered on the other &#8230; for right handed carving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sergey Fadir at FadirTools in Ukraine quickly agreed to the requested grind, and actually did a special forging that echos the grind.&nbsp; This asymmetric axe does exactly what I expected, easier carving with fewer glancing blows.&nbsp; THANKS Sergey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7031\" class=\"wp-image-7031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-4.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-4-680x510.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-4-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-4-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7028\" class=\"wp-image-7028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-1-680x510.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7029\" class=\"wp-image-7029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-2-680x510.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7030\" class=\"wp-image-7030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-3.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-3-680x510.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-3-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-3-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/new-axe-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;and a short video&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignwide wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My new Carving Axe\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FzknX-WlIiE?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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I have since learned that the bowl in the video is not oak, but ambrosia maple. &#8230; maybe a bit harder than oak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My refurbished &#8220;Boy Scout&#8221; axe has been doing a fine job, but as I learned more about bowl carving I wanted something better for actual carving.&nbsp; First, I wanted a larger cutting area, similar to the Swedish style.&nbsp; Second, I wanted a special grind, flat on one side and tapered on the other &#8230; for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-bowl-carving","category-green-woodworking","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7036"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7158,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036\/revisions\/7158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}