I've been busy making more tuning pegs for Ben's larger Ngombi harp. He can now play happily without the harp de-tuning...
Once that job was finished I wanted to explore the possibilities of using little Hugginn and Muninn on a couple of shawl pins.
The Saxon spoon I made some weeks ago with little Munninn sat on the end, was received very well, and stirred a lot of interest in people...
And Sarah has finally finished her shawl.
I had previously carved her a pin that looks a little like Odin.
Which gave me an idea...
Hugginn and Muninn.
Munnin...
Hugginn...
I have carved these two pins from a billet of Laburnum.
An incredibly hard and beautiful wood.

Coffee coloured on one side and cream on the other...
I used a flame to blacken one of them...
And left the other one natural in colour...
I started carving the first pin using a MaChris made from 01 steel and found that the 01 is a little fragile for this tough wood.
The result was micro sized chips on the cutting edge.
So I bought out the big guns...A MaChris carving knife made from Silver Steel.
( BS-1407 )
This hard steel coped with the Laburnum without a murmur...

One of these may be travelling up the road in a few days...
I'm not sure if I will have to post them or whether they will make the journey under their own steam...
I've also been finishing of a basket of Kuksa blanks...
And I have also made myself a new spoon from a nice piece of Apple...
This one is staying in my kitchen...
Well...I have to get working on putting sharp edges on my knives and Axes as I have a couple of chaps arriving at the end of the week for a Kuksa carving course. I am thoroughly looking forward to introducing another couple of people to the carving/Bushcraft world...
Happy Days...
Enjoy...J
Most excellent! Love those Thought and Memory pins:)
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Fantastic! I love the pattern on the last spoon!
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