At which point do we rename it to El Hombre

At which point to we rename it to El Hombre

Bloemfontein

I like to switch up the order.

Thats Mr. Of Nazareth to you.

Drugs and woodworking.

Turns out the real four million dollars was the stakeholder value we synergized along the way!

Brilliant. I’ve seen this setup before actually, just forgot about it. I’m gonna have to do it.

You have any spoons to post on here? Would be great to see what other carvers are up to on here.

That’s the first spoon i carved with my new block! It’s made of a fascinating native wood called rewarewa.

I go from log to rough spoon with the axe, then I finish with a knife. I’ll finish it with food safe tung oil.

Thanks for asking! That bench is a funny one. I got the green log from a mate. He said it was an invasive ornamental tree from china, it is usually grown indoors in a pot, but someone planted it out and it grew to be huge. Other than that i have no idea, but it was sappy as all hell, that much i can tell you.

Splitting it was an absolute bastard, I broke a maul trying to rive it because the grain was twisting in a spiral. I ended up making straight cuts along the sides with a circ saw, then worked on it with wedges to open. Then i would get into that crack with a hatchet and even secateurs to cut the connecting fibres. Took the better part of a weekend. I would not recommend this.

After power planing it flat, getting those through holes cut was another drama, but that was mostly because I’m still learning how to work a bit and brace.

It’s a great spot to sit and carve.

Is that an american estwing hammer?

(masturbation)

‘Dude, you’re choking it’