What kind of wood is he using?

[infinitymike]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/1yWmqbltB-c


Amazing talent.
What kind of wood works like that?

 

[brant2000]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/1yWmqbltB-c


Amazing talent.
What kind of wood works like that?

That is amazing. Not sure what kind of wood it is, but I can guarantee in my hands it would look much different.

 

[jatoxico]

I would guess it's Basswood.

 

[stephiedoll]

That is amazing. Not sure what kind of wood it is, but I can guarantee in my hands it would look much different.

X2 plus I would have alot of band-aides and blood loss.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[infinitymike]

X2 plus I would have alot of band-aides and blood loss.
Thanks for sharing.

If you noticed, even he had his finger bandaged

 

[ErikR]

That's a lot of work to go through for kindling!



Just kidding! That's a talented person with great skill and lots of practice.

 

[bigbarf48]

Amazing talent! I agree though, Id probably end up missing a few digits if I tried to do that

 

[Jags]

Mad skilz and uber sharp tools. I am quite sure that if I attempted that, it would contain X rated language.

 

[infinitymike]

That's the key.
SHARP, VERY SHARP tools

 

[infinitymike]

That's a lot of work to go through for kindling!

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Just kidding! That's a talented person with great skill and lots of practice.

That's funny. Looks just like my attempts.

 

[Hills Hoard]

That was just an absolute pleasure to watch. Thanks for posting.

 

[infinitymike]

That was just an absolute pleasure to watch. Thanks for posting.

You're welcome. I felt the same way.

Being a house framing contractor and a lover of wood in general, I'm always fascinated by any kind of wood carving.