Mid Missouri Wood Carvers

07/01/2025

No carving tonight.

12/09/2024

It looks like someone is using my contacts and sending notes to folks in an empty shell. Please delete these as I try to figure out how to get it fixed.

If you get one and you think it might not be me, you can reach out by some alternate method.

Thanks

04/20/2022

Tuesday Night Wood Carving at the Columbia Senior Center

04/18/2022

Our own Steve Winters is now a guest carver at Engler's (Peter Engler Designs) down in Branson, Missouri.

Here he is with proprietor Mary Bowman and ... his first guest carving of a Santa Ornament.

12/31/2021

The challenge here is to carve this whole relief carved ornament using just this $30 Old Timer Carving Jack.

It's been a challenge so far. The chisel is pretty narrow and tends to leave grooves on either side of the cut. But I'm trying to clean that up afterward with just the regular knife blade.

12/16/2021

Don Spires gets started on a new relief carving.

12/08/2021

Jim Fitzmaurice working on a relief carving.

12/04/2021

11/10/2021

Looks like you can't get the compact carving kit I've been using. I got it at Silver Dollar City's woodcarving shop - but they don't even sell tools anymore.

At any rate, it appears the company that made it is Warren Tools. They're good blades. My kit came with three blades, a couple of gouges, a V tool, and a skew. I think it was about $100.

Here's their website - this is a pretty good beginner kit - the steel is very nice, and they come sharp.

Don't forget to get and use a strop on them occasionally, with use. I see they have one kit on sale (just blades and a handle) for $20. That's a pretty awesome price to get you some decent tools to get started with.

warrencutlery

05/22/2020

SDC. Silver Dollar City?

No. Social Distance Carving.

03/27/2020

Maybe something to try while you're stuck at home...

-in this video i go at a gnarly piece of what is my best guess to be Spruce with a Mora knife to demonstrate that although we ...