What am I whittling about now?

[pedalphile]

Ja, down in my garden again on a mother lovely sunny morning, the birds are in the trees tweeting, leaves are gently falling, all seems right with the worlde this morning, and I am messing with my wood, in a calm and measured way, having put down the splitting axe, and even drawing in pencil a line to cut to next: but what am I making, think you?

[donkpow]

A shtick.

[pedalphile]

It is cut out already, and ready for whittling down to final shape. It will be done before anyone takes a guess at this rate <whistle>

[maddmaxx ★]

A jet engine?

[pedalphile]

1 minute ago, donkpow said:

A shtick.

Correct, but for shaking at what, please be more specific, Don. A tickling shtick, a walking shtick, other sort of shtick? Take your pick of the shticks.

[Longjohn ★]

2 minutes ago, pedalphile said:

It is cut out already, and ready for whittling down to final shape. It will be done before anyone takes a guess at this rate <whistle>

Are you making a whistle?

[pedalphile]

Just now, maddmaxx said:

A jet engine?

Not even close, maxx, though the first British jet engine, do I mean the worlds’ first jet engine, was fitted in a doped canvas covered airframe made out of wood.

[pedalphile]

1 minute ago, Longjohn said:

Are you making a whistle?

Interesting idea, a whistling shtick: Negatif, not a whistle.

[Longjohn ★]

1 minute ago, pedalphile said:

Correct, but for shaking at what, please be more specific, Don. A tickling shtick, a walking shtick, other sort of shtick? Take your pick of the shticks.

Ok, you posted that just as I was guessing whistle. I would now guess a poking shtick. 

[donkpow]

3 minutes ago, pedalphile said:

Correct, but for shaking at what, please be more specific, Don. A tickling shtick, a walking shtick, other sort of shtick? Take your pick of the shticks.

A multipurpose shtick? 

[pedalphile]

Just now, Longjohn said:

Ok, you posted that just as I was guessing whistle. I would now guess a poking shtick. 

Now you’re getting warmer John, but for poking what?  It is very particularly for a specific type of poking.

[pedalphile]

2 minutes ago, donkpow said:

A multipurpose shtick? 

Please see my answer to John, this is a single purpose tool.

[donkpow]

Just now, pedalphile said:

It is very particularly for a specific type of poking.

A mushroom digging shtick.

[pedalphile]

Just now, donkpow said:

A mushroom digging shtick.

I like this idea, but again, No.

[donkpow]

Just now, pedalphile said:

No.

?

[maddmaxx ★]

14 minutes ago, pedalphile said:

Not even close, maxx, though the first British jet engine, do I mean the worlds’ first jet engine, was fitted in a doped canvas covered airframe made out of wood.

First successful flight of a jet engine.........until it was revealed that the German He178 had flown.  Whittle's engine didn't fly till 1941.  It was however a true turbojet engine as opposed to the Italian motorjet.  The german engine however may have been a patent violation from Franks first patent.

[JerrySTL ★]

1 hour ago, maddmaxx said:

A jet engine?

That guy and I share the same last name. I don't think that we are anyway related even though I became a jet aircraft mechanic.

[pedalphile]

It done; I like a job like that, started and finished in a morning and ready to try out for size tonight when I cook my supper: I realised just recently that I was short of these poking and stirring shticks we call wooden spoons. ?

[jsharr ★]

Wood chips?

[pedalphile]

40 minutes ago, jsharr said:

Wood chips?

A few of those, some dust, some shavings and scrapings and a little bit of kindling, plus the spoon, all from one small piece of yesterday’s firewood haul fetched back by bike from where it fell, about three quarters of a mile away. Sycamore, my favourite wood for these tools, not bad for burning, neither, but this stuff has a way to go, % of water is in the high 30s.

[jsharr ★]

47 minutes ago, pedalphile said:

A few of those, some dust, some shavings and scrapings and a little bit of kindling, plus the spoon, all from one small piece of yesterday’s firewood haul fetched back by bike from where it fell, about three quarters of a mile away. Sycamore, my favourite wood for these tools, not bad for burning, neither, but this stuff has a way to go, % of water is in the high 30s.

Have you ever watched the documentary on Richard Proenneke and his time in Alaska living a solitary life in the wild.  He carved many a spoon with simple tools.
 

 

[pedalphile]

3 minutes ago, jsharr said:

Have you ever watched the documentary on Richard Proenneke and his time in Alaska living a solitary life in the wild.  He carved many a spoon with simple tools.
 

 

No jsharr, but it does look interesting, and I shall watch it later, in the waiting room at dermatology probably, heading there in a bit.

[jsharr ★]

1 minute ago, pedalphile said:

No jsharr, but it does look interesting, and I shall watch it later, in the waiting room at dermatology probably, heading there in a bit.

I think you will enjoy it greatly.  I know I did.  It is one of those shows that I will watch every time it on PBS.

[maddmaxx ★]

4 minutes ago, pedalphile said:

No jsharr, but it does look interesting, and I shall watch it later, in the waiting room at dermatology probably, heading there in a bit.

More whittling?

[pedalphile]

Just to add, I used the spoon last night on my reheat of the chestnut, mushroom and barley risotto, and it was good to use, and especially delightful in appearance, a spoon of unique character. When I suss the hosting site I shall show you a pic of it.

[petitepedal ★]

21 hours ago, jsharr said:

I think you will enjoy it greatly.  I know I did.  It is one of those shows that I will watch every time it on PBS.

I love that show....so cool