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What type of stroke are you using for the up cut? There are 9 or 10 types of cut used in whittling. I would recommend a scooping action for this but usually you cut into a stop cut not away from it, the stop cut does what its name suggests, it stops the knife as you cut into it

Yew is dimentionally stable and doesnt split as it dries so you wouldnt need to drill out the pith. For other timbers drilling out the pith will certainly help but might not completely prevent splits

They are likely to split so advise customers of that probability and tell them that green wood carvings need to be kept somewhere cool so they dont dry out

Sawn log reindeer and log disk snowmen. Give them a big smile, googly eyes and a bit of fabric for a scarf

You can seal it with sunflower oil, which won't go rancid unlike olive oil

My workbench - a ledge and brace door recycled as a temporary lash up with some 4X2 as legs 20 years ago, I was in a hurry, and it's just until I build a proper bench, you understand..... A 2-inch jam-cleat I carved to hold the pull cord on my workshop blind, the same time as I 'built' my...

It seems crossbows of the late Gothic were finished in the same way as contemporary fire-arms, with budget stocks left in the white while higher value stocks were probably linseed oiled . Similarly, high status weapons received an appropriately expensive treatment

Oops sorry meant pine resin not pine tar

Thanks all. Yes, it might be used outdoors, although it is primarily a wall hangar, it will be fitted with a working bow. Varnish, shellac and wax were all available to 15th century craftsmen so I guess all would be authentic and I suspect different workers used different finishes, maybe...

Evening! I've almost finished carving a medieval-style crossbow stock as authentically as I could using apple wood and gelatin glue for the horn, bone and carved antler inlays/overlays with engraved decoration filled with a charcoal/varnish mastic. I always overthink things but hat would you...