Wanut oil vs BLO

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Now, this is an attention-getter, well done great use of the wood color and grain. Glad to hear things are looking up on your end

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Excellent job, If I were to try this they would be hornless females...

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Sure hope someone else was driving, really worked the cypress knees over, fine job all the way around.

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Finishing a project like this would make me buggier than I am all ready∙∙∙∙WOW

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You are an old smoothie Well done Herb

Happy Birthday Phyllis

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That's one good looking stick

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wear a heavy horsehide glove on my left hand, I'm right-handed, and a leather thumb guard on my right thumb.

Eddy is right, power equipment can and is dangerous. The reason I use the heavy horsehide glove it has and will stand more abuse. I've had my burr take an unexpected run, but never...

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you know, just sitting here reading the replies, something else popped into my head. Look at the end grain of your block, when I carve I like to have the curve of the growth ring facing me.

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It's great that your back, bet you feel better faster

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Kind of hard to tell from the pictures, but to my old eyes, if in the third one you were trying to carve op, you were going against the grain. what I try to do before carving is look at the wood grain on the side of the block, the top of the block is the view that the grain is flowing from the front...

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This is what I'm using now, seems to be a lot easier to control

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Thanks, Soggy, this was the article I first read, Still got to give it a try

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Lynn Doughty's method is the way I've been painting for a long time, but I'm just curious about the oil treatment before painting, & the walnut oil just kind of stands out to me. Haven't tried it yet, but plan on it. Will try Mahoney's

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?????? it take me to ...

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https://www.thewoodworkplace.com/wal...-oil-for-wood/

oops, I have already deleted the post from my computer, but here is another that is about the same

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Holy Crap ?????????????????

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[New post] Walnut Oil vs. Boiled Linseed Oil
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FYI, an interesting read...

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I haven't toughed a knife since my son was here on the first of May. He was here for 3 days, so well time spent there. I don't know about the rest of you but as I get older the more into routes I'm into. Sat is spent doing meds and personal correspondence, etc, if any time is left before supper grab...

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Are you going to put pins in the handle, if not, notch the sides of the tane for an area for the glue to harden in. I always felt that this gave a little more control to keep the blade coming out of the hand To answer your question, regarding the knives I make I always use two-part 5min epoxy....

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By golly Randy, he looks like he is about ready to go out and kick up some trail dust, Looking good