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The Old Saw: August 2012
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Carving Japanese Crests on Old Cigar Boxes. In my search for interesting symbols to carve on recycled wooden cigar boxes, I discovered Japanese crests. These crests, also called. Or in the case of family crests,. Despite these challenges, I was able to find a few crest designs that seemed to lend themselves to carving on the top of a wooden box. Three are shown in the photo above. Have you ever used Japanese crests in your work? Posted by John M. Casteline. My name is John M...
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The Old Saw: Carved Wooden Doors of Europe
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Saturday, August 10, 2013. Carved Wooden Doors of Europe. Door on street in Florence, Italy. Detail of door on the left. There is something about carved wooden doors in Europe that captivates me. Many are beautifully works of art. Some are centuries old. Some are in cathedrals, but others are on ordinary city streets. You don't see many doors like this in the United States. Here is a collection for your enjoyment. Door to choir loft - St. Peter's Church - Munich. Door on street in Florence, Italy. My nam...
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The Old Saw: Bandsaw Box for Storing Flies
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014. Bandsaw Box for Storing Flies. I love fly fishing. I enjoy standing in the stream and feeling nature surround me. I enjoy the challenge of trying to make a perfect cast where the fly line just rolls out to exactly where you want the fly to land. I enjoy watching the pattern of the water flowing over the rocks. Someone once told me that, at times, a trout will actually get snagged on the sharp little hook attached to the fly at the end of your line. I think he was making it up.
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The Old Saw: April 2013
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Monday, April 29, 2013. Woodcarving in Oberammergau - Both Sacred and Profane. For the most part, the subjects are sacred religious carvings of saints and crucifixes mixed in with a few traditional Bavarian figures. The odd thing is that most window displays also include profane or suggestive carvings right next to a Madonna holding the Infant Jesus. One might see a nude woman right next to St. Francis. On some shop websites, anything that is not religious is actually classified as. 65279;. My name is ...
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The Old Saw: May 2015
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Selling Woodcraft Items on Etsy. About two years ago I started selling some of my creations on Etsy.com. If you are not familiar with Etsy. It is a website that offers crafters and artisans a virtual shop of your own to sell your items. Actually, I have two shops on Etsy. The first is called the Firebird Cigar Box Transformation Studio. Or Firebird Box Studio for short. I have been making these boxes for many years now and they were accumulating in my basement. Before you set up ...
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The Old Saw: August 2014
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Saturday, August 30, 2014. C F Martin and Co. Guitars - Fine Wood Craftsmanship in America. I visited the C. F. Martin and Co. Guitar manufacturing plant in Nazareth, PA and took the factory tour. I was very impressed and also very surprised. For some dumb reason I had expected to see a tiny woodshop with talented luthiers using hand tools, producing a few guitars a day. It makes me feel good to see that exacting wood craftsmanship can still exist in such a high production environment. Martin Guitar uses...
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The Old Saw: Woodcarving in Oberammergau - Both Sacred and Profane
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Monday, April 29, 2013. Woodcarving in Oberammergau - Both Sacred and Profane. For the most part, the subjects are sacred religious carvings of saints and crucifixes mixed in with a few traditional Bavarian figures. The odd thing is that most window displays also include profane or suggestive carvings right next to a Madonna holding the Infant Jesus. One might see a nude woman right next to St. Francis. On some shop websites, anything that is not religious is actually classified as. 65279;. If you are ...
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The Old Saw: November 2013
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Friday, November 1, 2013. Rick’s Knife Handle. My son-in-law Rick brought me a beautiful steel knife blade with tang, and a piece of buckeye burl wood, and he asked me if I would make him a knife handle. I couldn’t say “no”. He must have thought that just because I make things out of wood, I would automatically know how to make a knife handle. I’ve never done this before. I really needed the stress. The task was actually not as difficult as I had first imagined. As you might imagine, it’s all there.
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The Old Saw: C. F. Martin & Co. Guitars - Fine Wood Craftsmanship in America
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Saturday, August 30, 2014. C F Martin and Co. Guitars - Fine Wood Craftsmanship in America. I visited the C. F. Martin and Co. Guitar manufacturing plant in Nazareth, PA and took the factory tour. I was very impressed and also very surprised. For some dumb reason I had expected to see a tiny woodshop with talented luthiers using hand tools, producing a few guitars a day. It makes me feel good to see that exacting wood craftsmanship can still exist in such a high production environment. Martin Guitar uses...
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