Thought I'd try my hand at runecarving, just for fun. I found this stick by the creek that some animal stripped of all bark, so that seemed neat.
I carefully penciled in the runes, hoping not to run out of stick. That worked out fine, but the carving was difficult. I don't know what kind of wood this was but it tended to flake and fracture with detailed work. (1/2)
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It actually didn't take very long to carve out the entire sentence. The wood flaked away some of the lines but I knew what I was carving and could keep that in mind for burning later.
Larger letters would have kept the wood intact and left more room for the pyrograph, which got hotter and messier as I went. But it was an educational exercise and I know what I'd do differently next time. (2/2) #runes #runology #OldNorse
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