Many Talents in Alaska

 It has been almost a full year since I last posted.  But since nobody reads this blog anyway, that's okay, right?  I've been making...

 Keep in mind that I'm still very new.  My poor playing quality is not a reflection on my teacher!   If you look around on YouTube, you ...

 I've actually wanted to play the jouhikko for a decade or so, but only recently actually got started learning.  I found a player on You...

 Here we go!  If you don't see the video window, click this link:  https://youtu.be/cPExoNYlvi4

 If you look over my blog, you'll see that I carve spoons.  My primary tools are a hook knife and a sloyd knife.  Sloyd is a Swedish wor...

 I know I haven't posted anything in months, but here's something, at least!   I made these two little blacksmith knives because I f...

One of my favorite items from Viking graves is a whetstone necklace.  At least some of them were made of slate.  Many don't appear to ha...