Wood carving

[watervole]

 Alex Holden has taken up whittling.  He's just made me the most lovely little knife.  I asked him to do one with the old EDFSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society) logo on it - a set of crossed longswords.  Not exactly the easiest  thing, but he's carved them in relief as well!



And on the other side, a top hat for a morris dancer!

It's a butter spreader, only it's so lovely that I'm not sure I'll ever be able to  bring myself to use it for spreading butter...



Thank you Alex!

Comments

[fjm.livejournal.com]

How beautiful!

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Lovely. I'm not sure I'd use it as a butter spreader either - though for different reasons. I like a little bit of flexibility in my butter blades. I get those lovely old-fashioned bone (or plastic) handled knives, especially for spreading, whenever I see them in junk shops or car boot sales. The carved knife is so lovely to look at I'd want it on display.

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

That's just gorgeous!

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

This is really a lovely, delicate piece of woodwork! YEs, I agree, it is too lovely to use it really.

[alex-holden.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[happytune.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful!

[pennski.livejournal.com]

How lovely! My Granny had a couple of EDFSS brooches with that logo on. I meant to hold onto one but failed.