Wood Carving Tips - BeaverCraft Tools

Woodcarving is an exciting hobby that can be fun, rewarding, and relaxing. But before you dive into this creative activity, it is better to learn some basics.

In any craft, there are tools that are optional and those you can’t work without. If you are into wood design, beginner or professional, one basic tool you can’t really escape is a whittling knife. Therefore, a whittling knife purchase is a very important decision for any wood carving workshop. So today I made a list of high-quality products you might want to consider...

Any beginner carver can face the problem of choosing the best wood for carving. The material in this craft is critical. If you're unsure what types of wood to use for your woodcarving projects, this guide will help you decide.

Do you want your knives and tools to last a long time and be reliable and easy to use? We have prepared a simple guide to help you choose basic wood carving tools and not be disappointed.

Wood carving is a great way to express yourself. And most importantly, it’s so easy to get started with. All it takes is your desire to create, a little effort, and the right wood carving tools. A few well-chosen wood carving tools make carving easier. They can give you the freedom to bring all your artistic vision to life. Of course, you can start...

A strop is a comfortable leather surface for finishing the tool's blade. Unlike honing and sharpening, which remove parts of the metal edge, stropping aligns the burrs without removing much metal from the blade's surface.

It’s impossible to describe in a nutshell what a draw knife is. There are many varieties of this two-handed carpentry tool, and each of them deserves a separate description. Initially, such a knife was intended for removing bark from tree trunks, over time, other functions became available to carpenters. Modern models are able to cut workpieces quickly, handle convex and concave surfaces carefully, and...

Making a spoon using the woodcarving method may seem like a long task, but there is still room for creativity in it. Freshly minted carvers carve a wooden spoon in all schools and wood carving studios. It is an entry-level sculpting work, an excellent trainer for developing skills in carving symmetrical shapes and developing a sense of form. Spoon craft is not forgotten, and...

Wood is the material of the future. If used correctly, it can help people produce durable and attractive products. It has amazing properties; it is an environmentally friendly material, distinguished by aesthetic qualities and durability. It has long been used to create various structures, furniture, and wood crafts. To learn wood carving, to understand how to work with wood, and to feel it, you...

Artistic wood carving is a delicate process that requires special wood carving tools. Today, woodcarving is becoming popular among connoisseurs of arts and crafts again. Novice woodcarvers do not have to acquire all the variety of tools that experienced craftsmen and experts work with. It is enough to have a basic set of tools for the first steps in mastering this woodworking art. In...

Hey, our dear carving friend! We are glad to see you here! If you're reading this, then you are interested in the practice of polishing, and this is very commendable! After all, a good master always has well-groomed tools. So let's start with the useful information we have prepared for you! Read with pleasure! What Is A Buffing Compound? Knife buffing compounds are compounds...

Hello fellow wood carvers to be! If you have come across our post, you might be considering to try wood carving as your next hobby. As it usually is when starting to learn a new craft, you need the right kind of equipment and material. When it comes to learning how to work with wood, the essential tool you must have with you is...

Being a beginner is tough in any field of interest. It’s tough for a bunch of reasons: some people don’t like to look foolish or as if they don’t know things, some people are too shy to ask questions, some are afraid of starting anew. What would support anybody in this situation is other people being friendly, welcoming and answering those questions or even...

Great News! BeaverCraft Made a Paddle Strop for Spoon Knife Sharpening! This strop for sharpening spoon knives is multi-functional and aims to keep your blades at peak performance. The strop is a versatile professional hook knives sharpening and honing system. The double-sided strop is divided into 2 parts – leather strop and sandpaper strop. The leather side is used for polishing, the replaceable sandpaper side –...

There are only two things that are indeed crucial for carving hobby, and they are proper tools and proper wood. Everything else is very important but manageable whereas these two things guarantee you the experience you’re looking for. That’s why there are so many articles on these topics, that’s why people ask a lot of questions about this all the time. And that’s a...