Comments on: Knife Block by Irene van Gestel http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/91 Collaborations in Art by Gabe Lueders and Dave Selden Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Dave http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/91#comment-88 Dave Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:51:05 +0000 http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/91#comment-88 My wrist is so sore I can barely mouse! Okay, maybe not that sore, but you use very different muscles with the knives than you would with a flexcut or similar. The blades are thicker and don't seem to make quite as fine a cut. They do remove material more quickly, though. I'm still figuring out the adze. I tried it on a piece of firewood as recommended and made some pretty good headway, though I don't feel as though I'm doing it right. This is just a sense, since I don't have any experience with this kind of tool. I just had to keep reminding myself that you don't just pick up a tool and get going very often, that there is almost always a learning curve of some kind. I think it will take awhile before I feel totally familiar with either the knives or the adze. I also have the distinct feeling these are tools designed for larger works than I have been doing until now, which is kind of a good thing. My wrist is so sore I can barely mouse! Okay, maybe not that sore, but you use very different muscles with the knives than you would with a flexcut or similar. The blades are thicker and don’t seem to make quite as fine a cut. They do remove material more quickly, though.

I’m still figuring out the adze. I tried it on a piece of firewood as recommended and made some pretty good headway, though I don’t feel as though I’m doing it right. This is just a sense, since I don’t have any experience with this kind of tool.

I just had to keep reminding myself that you don’t just pick up a tool and get going very often, that there is almost always a learning curve of some kind. I think it will take awhile before I feel totally familiar with either the knives or the adze.

I also have the distinct feeling these are tools designed for larger works than I have been doing until now, which is kind of a good thing.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/91#comment-87 Gabe Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:13:26 +0000 http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/91#comment-87 How did the knives work out? How did the knives work out?

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