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08-16-2018, 12:42 PM
Video of a spoon carver in Morocco using an axe/adze hybrid tool.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...vtYfDKNxw8
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08-16-2018, 03:01 PM
That's a fellow that knows the meaning of sharp enough.
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08-16-2018, 06:11 PM
(08-16-2018, 03:01 PM)blackhat Wrote: That's a fellow that knows the meaning of sharp enough.

+1

And the odd hatchet/adze doesn't seem to have any curvature to the blade yet he hollows the bowl pretty quickly.

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08-16-2018, 08:19 PM
Pretty impressive!  That guy knows what he's doing!  -Howard
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08-16-2018, 10:02 PM
(08-16-2018, 03:01 PM)blackhat Wrote: That's a fellow that knows the meaning of sharp enough.

And GREAT aim.
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08-16-2018, 10:37 PM
I would actually call that spoon chopping...
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08-19-2018, 08:01 AM
(08-16-2018, 12:42 PM)Ohio Mike Wrote: Video of a spoon carver in Morocco using an axe/adze hybrid tool.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...vtYfDKNxw8

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Gotta be a fake video..he seems to still have all his fingers!.One mis-strike with that tool and they are gone..good bye!!!
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08-20-2018, 07:10 AM
If I tried that, I would not have any fingers remaining on my left hand.
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