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Looks a lot like alder with the reddish hue to the timber and also the bark. Absolutely not birch, unless Irish birches are extremely different from Swedish... Alder is beautiful to work as green wood. Was also used a lot for furniture in Sweden during the 18th and 19th century. Was often...

Safety razor. My favorite blades have been the egyptian shark brand blades, which for some reason I find the most pleasant to shave with. I prefer to lather with one of the fatter aleppo soaps.

Probably sloppy english terminology from my part. What I usually do is that I take few swift passes with the carving knife or gouge on the wood with autosol to refresh the edge, or if needed a few quick passes on a small diamond sharpener. I really like that I can use the same simple set up...

I'll try it out on some chisels! To my mind the concept makes so much sense, especially when chopping through pine and old growth spruce and you encounter a knot... If i like it I might even get a very cheap bench grinder and put on a buffing wheel. Any preferences for rpms? Would something with...

I did a four day course with Jögge Sundqvist last year, and as a part of that he did a quick primer primer on sharpening tools. One of his tips was to always have a tube of autosol nearby and use scrap pieces of wood to strop tools. I don't have a buffer wheel, but I have autosol and scrap...