Wittling


Inky has a set of special knives for whittling with.

First thing he does is get a chunk of wood and chop it to about the right shape with the axe. He could do it with his knives, but it would take a lot longer.

When the wood is about right he will user the ‘Carver’ and ‘Shaper’ knives. These are both good for the rough work in getting the shape of the wood even closer to the one that Inky wants. When he wants to hold the wood so that he cuts towards himself he user the Carver. When he wants to cut away from his body he uses the Shaper. Sometimes he will use his mallet to <I>gently</I> help ease the shaper though a difficult piece of wood.

Delicate work will be done with the ‘Fine Shaper’, and then he will continue to do most of the work with his whittling knife. For the finest detail work he will resort to the small bladed ‘Fine Whittler’ to finish it off.

Inky keeps a selection of wood stain that he can use to colour parts of the wood. These don’t give a bright colour but they certainly make the finished work look better.

Carver

Shaper

Fine Shaper

Mallet

Whittling

Fine Whittling

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