Is it me or is Blue Sky Shite?

Various hand tools dipped in the good classic Tung. Several dips of this stuff will really protect your handle and keep it in good order I dip, leave 30 min and wipe away Wonderful finish with a great feel.
Scorps/loopknives
Sabre sloyd
70mm straight sloyd and a 50mm sloyd to match.

Nice to have the last set finished up and sent out the door before a well.earned holiday! Been a manic year so far! Ive worked up enough to finally purchase a power hammer which will be delivered whenni fet back from hols. Cant wait. New ideas and projects will be underway soon!

When i make i make tools i only make.small batch. Allows me to really focus on each tool.to make.sure its performing exactly how it should. Been making scorps now for 12 years and they never get boring to make. Local, quality materials always speak for themselves.

Phew! Time well spent i think. A mix of 90mm, 70mm and 50mm sloyd knives handled in a selection of sherwood timbers. Oak, ash, yew, elm. Absolutely classics. 01 tool steel, flat grind, razor sharp and ready to work. Big shout out to @forest2furniture

Kolrosings in sherwood Elm. These are made from 52100. A brilliant steel. Super effective and stay razor sharp pretty much forever for kolrosing and decorative work. Lots of fun to make and even more fun to use! Just ask my customers! To order, just drop me a DM!

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A few hori hori knives finished up ready for the harvesting season! Ive made a fair a few of these over the past years. My own design. Hand forged, fully edged with saw like root puller. Hand forged ferrule, peened finger guard. 8" long blade. Donning sherwood oak and ash with hand stitched sheath

New batch of scorps are now available for immediate dispatch. I've had so many messages asking to be informed when these will be ready so if you are one of them, grab them quick as they never last long once made! Made from.01 tool steel, handled in walnut, oak or ash.
Drop me a DM to order one!

Real happy with how this set turned out!Off to it's forever home across the pond!Carved handles,milk paint finished with lord Sheratons wood balsam for a smooth matte finish.1.5lb ship chop axe, 70mm sloyd, medium scorp and mini crook to finish.Have a great solstice!
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Custom 6 blade travel set finished and sent out. Bog oak and dyed and stabilised maple burr. 01 tool steel, bovine leather.

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These are definitely my favourite tools to make as of late. Small, mid and large bent gouges. Colour coordinated. Ash, walnut and oak respectively.sherwood timber. 52100 steel and forged ferrules. I may do a tutorial on their construction.

Hahaha. Brilliant

Playing around with a new simple style of storage for my #theoriginaltravelsloyd sets. Suits those who don't wish for a hardcase but something as nice to accompany the set. keeps it all wrapped up nice and easily fits in a top pocket! Shown is a 6 blade set

Just working on some drawknives. Shoukd finish the sheaths today. Then a quick clean up and proper photo shoot.

The Metamorphosis. You know? Kafka. When you wake up for work but turn into a bug? That's why I love rhe oiling process. Simple Tung oil. Rough, smooth, then oiled.

This one was a pretty cool setup if I do say. The customer wanted one of my #theoriginaltravelsloyd sets but with a drawknife with it. Racked my brain on how it could be achieved.The belt loops are held down with popper studs which can be opened to access the drawknife. 6 blade set with extra slots

A croze tool.i developed for shrinkpots. Named after the coopers croze. Creates a groove for a bottom.or lid for.a pot. Always struggled with a sloyd knife and other such tools.so.decided many moons ago to.develop something that will do the one job with ease.

New to BlueSky so I'll start with my first post!

Fantastic day out Harboro Rocks. Perfect for a photo op of some of what I've been working on this week. A few adze, handled and sheathed. A few adze heads. Some gouges and drawknives. Matching sets. Milk paint and beeswax finish.