Could be a bit better in hindsight since I learned a few things but I’m pretty happy with it nonetheless. Made from poplar, carved it all by hand, filed and sanded it, has neodymium magnets embedded inside to hold the knife and scabbard together, stained the wood and painted into the carvings with white enamel paint and then waxed the whole thing.
Wood work is fun.
Ooh, the result is very cool. Loved the piece :D I’d like to carve something in wood as well, I find carving very relaxing, although I’ve only done it for lino cut prints.
It’s nice for sure, but be sure to stock up on medical supplies if you get into it because it is pretty much inevitable you will cut yourself (sometimes fairly badly).
I keep good stock of a lot of sanitary cotton and medical tape (much more useful than a standard adhesive bandage when it comes to bandaging odd angles on your hands), alcohol, polysporin, and cyanoacrylate glue (super glue) - which I have had to use twice since I started playing around with hand carving.
The super glue helps for deep (but not wide) cuts to protect them while they heal and to hold them closed once you have a handle on the bleeding - if the cut is both wide and deep then I would still highly recommend getting a doctor to apply stitches, though thankfully I haven’t had to do that due to the hobby so far.
I got away without any injuries on this project though!