Mastodawn

I started restoring this ‘ciseaux bedane’ a while back and got sidetracked. Still some hand grinding to do on bottom, but it was almost there. These chisels are meant to be whacked hard, and I’ll need to put a handle on it with two ferrules, so I bumped it up as my test for using threaded brass plumbing fittings as ferrules. Strong.

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I don’t know much about laurel wood. Perhaps it wasn’t the best choice. But the grain on this piece is super dense and it carves like a dream. All of this is just drawknife shaping so far and the finish is like glass. One side has nice tan and yellow shades, almost a green hue in area, and the other is completely white.

Handle is a bit shorter than I’d like for this.

Anyway, next steps are to deal with the crack, finish shaping, and do something with the brass.