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I agree with your philosophy of carving and controlling your knife. The other thing I learned is you may never be able to carve the same as some of the KZread carvers. I am a slow carver because I cannot remove wood as fast as some carvers. I have learned that this is OK because my end carving is as good as anyone carver. My hand strength is less than other carvers which makes me a slower carver. But I really love the art that each of us can create!!!

That knife is GORGEOUS!!!

What a beauty this little damascus whittling knife is

@CarvingisFun

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! It's one of my favorites :)

I think this topic, the controll-power distribution of the hands, is really underestimated, thank you for covering it!

@CarvingisFun

4 ай бұрын

I thought so as well and is something that comes second nature to any experienced carvers. Sometimes, it just needs to be brought out to the light for discussion.

Great demonstration and explanation of those cuts.

@CarvingisFun

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

What a beautiful blade! 😮

@CarvingisFun

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! It's one of mg favorites 😀

Hey i was wondering if you could do an easy penguin tutorial penguins are my favorite animals!

@CarvingisFun

4 ай бұрын

I was gonna do one, but Doug Linker did a really good one and I didn't wanna steal his thunder: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h4WpwcuBitK5iLg.htmlsi=jeK56OPODmGtjfRl

@briecheese7115

4 ай бұрын

@@CarvingisFun thank you!

Noticed that you have green fingers protection over the gloves can you please let me know where you get them from as the ones that I have bought are very small.

@CarvingisFun

4 ай бұрын

Just self adhering ace wrap I got from the pharmacy. It ads some extra cushion when pushing the blades and reduces the chance accidental cuts on my non gloved hand

@Ocxlocxl

4 ай бұрын

I cut the fingers of the second right glove and use them on the left hand fingers to double the thickness

Now this might be a stupid question but sometimes I struggle with making symmetrical cuts on two opposing sides. It feels like I need to be ambidextrous for certain tasks. Have you ever experienced that or found some workarounds?

@CarvingisFun

3 ай бұрын

Not a stupid question at all! And to answer your question, I just allow for the asymmetry, and it looks way better to me.

@mok6081

3 ай бұрын

@@CarvingisFun nice perspective, thanks! :)

what is that green stuff wrapped on your thumbs?

@CarvingisFun

4 ай бұрын

Just self adhering ace wrap, it ads some extra cushion when pushing the blades and reduces the chance accidental cuts.

@gerardmcquade9102

4 ай бұрын

@@CarvingisFun i might need to look for some of that

Where did you get that knife?

@CarvingisFun

4 ай бұрын

I had it custom made for me from becwithforge on instagram, but he doesn't do cusom work anymore last I checked.

@anthonyf4439

4 ай бұрын

@@CarvingisFunNice knife, thanks for the reply.

Every professional chef learns knife safety, and they also learn that the paring knife defies the rules of knife safety. It is acceptable, because you are always controlling the knife blade, and it's not hard to learn proper technique as shown here. It's not unsafe, it's growing up.