Jon Mac.Spoon Carving First Steps: Thank You Spoon carving first steps visitors...

Saturday 5 February 2011

Thank You Spoon carving first steps visitors...

I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to all the visitors to Spooncarvingfirststeps...

We have just passed TEN THOUSAND visits...

And a big THANK YOU to the followers from Blogger, Face Book, Twitter and Woodlife...

All the very best...

JON MAC

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Anonymous5 February 2011 at 14:09
J,

It has been a pleasure and an inspiration to see your work and the videos and other links. Do I get a special reward for being 1000 of those visits?

Cheers,
Stu
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Col. Bear Sanguine5 February 2011 at 16:24
Thank you for making the site so visitable...is that a word? Well it is now I guess. You do amazing work and I'd say you've earned every view.
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Shawn6 February 2011 at 14:14
Thank you for sharing.
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Jon Mac6 February 2011 at 17:49
You are all welcome...Thank you...J
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Jon Mac7 February 2011 at 14:51
I think 'visitable' sounds a great word.... I'll buy it...J
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Jon Mac.

Folk Artist.

Photographer.

Jon has worked with his hands all his life. He has learnt many traditional working skills, from construction to carving beautiful wooden spoons and drinking vessels. He has spent much time on Dartmoor teaching outdoor pursuits, such as Ten Tors team training and working with private companies providing team building/survival resources. He is a retired member of Mountain Rescue and spent seven years on the active call out list with his local team.

( D.R.G.Ashburton).

He has spent many years exploring the Devon countryside perusing his other interest in photography, industrial archaeology and local history. He recently used his local knowledge and field craft skills to great advantage when acting as field assistant to researchers investigating bat habitats and behaviour here on Dartmoor.

Jon runs tailor made courses both here in Devon and occasionally in Scotland, for anyone interested in spoon carving and woodcraft skills. Using traditional hand tools, Axe, hook knife and knife, he teaches the techniques for the fast and safe removal of waste wood, shaping and designing. He also teaches how to attain a super sharp cutting edge with the use of Japanese water stones.These skills are key to making anything you wish out of wood.

He is also a knife designer and has had his designs fabricated by top blade smiths.

Jon believes passionately that the skills of both using and maintaining knife and axe blades are ones which need to be shared, in order that we do not loose these important techniques. Jon particularly enjoys sharing these skills with those who have little or no experience of using edge tools.

Saturday 5 February 2011

Thank You Spoon carving first steps visitors...

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Carving a Dragon Kuksa.