When I'm not wrapped up in knifemaking, I explore other endeavors like woodturning and making custom tools.
Wooden Bowls
6" bowl from white ash firewood
8" bowl from felled cherry
8" bowl from scrap plywood
4" bowl from knotty portion of felled cherry
Pair of 4" bowls from hard maple
Tools
Katalox mallot with African Mahogany handle
Custom 26C3 bowl scraper with turned white ash handle
Robert Sorby fingernail bowl gouge in a custom handle turned from white ash firewood
Modified Harbor Freight 2# sledge for forging. Shortened handle, rounded one side and flattened the other. Removed handle varnish and then applied fire and oil.
Same reconditioned hammer, with added texturing on the head.
Custom differential pinion tool. 1016 steel plate with 3.02" radius. Pin-scaled surface with cold blue finish.
Large wooden mallet. White ash handle with a Lignum Vitae hardwood head.
Kitchenware
Assorted custom wine stoppers using ash, maple, purpleheart, lignum vitae, olivewood, padauk, and gabon ebony.
Custom forged bottle opener with walnut handle scales.