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Try not to start a new project without finishing the projects I already have on the go

A bit of digging revealed a sometimes heated discussion on primitive archer which ended up referring to the video by richard head posted by Tom (above), so thanks to all. John, that Chinese “plane” looks exactly like it, might have to order one just to see what it does. Thankyou

Thanks all for the replies. The image is from the coat of arms for the Guild of Bowyers, according to the site. If that is accurate then we can speculate it was a tool that was either unique to bow making, or, an essential bit of kit. Who knows. Either way, scrapers and rasps are essential...

Assuming nothing like this is currently available on the market and I will have to make one, how would you mount a set of scraper blades to make something like this?

Or Scrooged

Muppet’s Christmas Carol

What’s she need the skew for? 😀

Exquisite marker gauge. I have no words. Thank you Santa

My son wandered in last night and asked what he should do with a parcel that arrived a few days ago. It’s now safely under the tree. Thank you Santa

The fingers on the other hand bend the wrong way, like the image is cropped of a hand leaning on a desk tipped up and with the desk removed

Wow, see there, the death of the Internet - if you can't believe a thing you see, then what's the point? Seriously, as a carver, that video makes me sick to my stomach

You do seem to be correct about the hands, something here doesn’t add up

Wow! Any more info than just a photo?

Might be last to the party, dispatched today, GPO reckon it’ll get there on time but it might be tight so apologies in advance if it’s too tight

So many fabulous UK timbers-holly and hazel are very white, laburnum, plumb and yew all have good colours

Mine is all done, waiting for the glue to dry then have to apply a finish, should be posting it Wednesday

Work got in the way of everything recently but am still on track

Better slow and right than fast and fix it 👍

Managed to steal an hour in the workshop. That doesn’t happy every day. Made some good progress

Planned and started working but time might be tight