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I have a few pieces of apple wood (gift from @janzwart ) and I wanted to give it a try to use it to carve ornaments. See if it is useable for that.
It's a small head, but I think the wood is perfect to use, better then castello in my opinion. It is much harder and does not break so easily like castello.
Off course boxwood is still the best to use, but we all know how rare it is to get a good piece out of my region. (German/Netherlands).
I must say that the apple is very dry, Jan can tell how old it is, I guess at least 5 years old. And it is very hard, it almost destroyed my band saw. Sawing it to planks it took me a lot of time.
But enough talk, let me show the result of 4 days carving (total 9 hours)
Does it look like a member Dzjengis Khan's clan? (I gave him horns)
I used Tung oil to give the wood more depth.
The tools I used are a few selfmade chisels, whittling knife, Corradi files and cuttters (Dental type) in combination with a nail polishing drill. (the one that is used in a nail studio for women's nails)
Most of the time I use the cutters, I really like to work with them. Especially the old cutters that are already a little blunt, they are perfect for finishing.
Conclusion:
Apple wood (if it is old and hard) is perfect to use for cutting your ornaments.
This was a fun project, I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for the visit!
It's a small head, but I think the wood is perfect to use, better then castello in my opinion. It is much harder and does not break so easily like castello.
Off course boxwood is still the best to use, but we all know how rare it is to get a good piece out of my region. (German/Netherlands).
I must say that the apple is very dry, Jan can tell how old it is, I guess at least 5 years old. And it is very hard, it almost destroyed my band saw. Sawing it to planks it took me a lot of time.
But enough talk, let me show the result of 4 days carving (total 9 hours)
Does it look like a member Dzjengis Khan's clan? (I gave him horns)
I used Tung oil to give the wood more depth.
The tools I used are a few selfmade chisels, whittling knife, Corradi files and cuttters (Dental type) in combination with a nail polishing drill. (the one that is used in a nail studio for women's nails)
Most of the time I use the cutters, I really like to work with them. Especially the old cutters that are already a little blunt, they are perfect for finishing.
Conclusion:
Apple wood (if it is old and hard) is perfect to use for cutting your ornaments.
This was a fun project, I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for the visit!
