Green Woodworking Reference

'Living Wood' by Mike Abbott

Mike Abbott is the guru of green woodwork and his famous book on green woodworking is the bible on the subject. Covering everything from buying a woodland to making a chair, quite simply this is essential reading for any budding green woodworker ... or any woodworker for that matter.

£16.95 (no VAT).

Green Woodwork Tools

25mm Bent Carving Gouge

No.7L sweep x 25 mm wide; blade length 120 mm, overall length 250mm.

Made in Switzerland by Pfeil with ash handles. As used in our bowl carving course for exterior surfacing and interior roughing out.

£21.76 ex VAT.

25mm Spoon Gouge

No.7A sweep x 25mm wide

Made in Switzerland by Pfeil with ash handles, as used on our bowl carving courses for the inside/bottom of green bowls.

£20.59 ex VAT.

Straight carving gouge

No.5 sweep x 25mm wide blade; blade length 120mm; overall length 250mm.

Made in Switzerland by Pfeil with Ash handles. As used in our bowl carving course for exterior roughing out.

£20.92 ex VAT.

12mm Straight carving chisel

No.1 sweep x 12mm wide

Double bevel for detailed carving work.

£15.88 ex VAT.

12mm skew chisel

No.1 sweep x 12mm wide

Double bevel skew for fine detailed corners.

£15.88 ex VAT.

8mm V gouge

60 degree V x 8mm

Very popular for detail work on our totem pole courses.

£ 18.40 ex VAT.

14mm Fishtail gouge

No.5 sweep fishtail x 14mm wide

Versatile gouge always popular for figurative work.

£ 17.23 ex VAT.

Swedish spoon gouge

Very handy sharpened gouge for spoons and bowls from Hans Karisson. Ash handle. Fits snugly into the palm of the hand for very controlled work.

£36.05 ex VAT.

Swedish carving knife

Blade length 59mm; overall length 165 mm

A superb general purpose carving and whittling knife, supplied sharpened with protective plastic sheath. Triple layered laminated carbon steel. Birch handle with full length tang.

£12.18 ex VAT.

Frost Hooke Knife

Blade length 50mm; overall length approx 160mm, single left bevel.

Very sharp knife for hollowing spoons etc, made from carbon steel with Birch handles.

£13.03 ex VAT.

Large Pfeil drawknife

250 x 33mm blade; overall length 430mm.

A fine general purpose drawknife for removing material as well as more accurate work, supplied razor sharp with protective goats leather sheath. Large handles with threaded tangs.

£83.61 ex VAT.

Small Svante Djärv Drawknife

Blade length 135mm; overall length 265 mm.

This lightweight drawknife is excellent for small and fine work. Supplied sharpened with no sheath.

£56.22 ex VAT.

Aberl Froe

Blade length 265 mm

A very sturdy hand made general purpose froe, intentionally not very sharp for cleaving freshly cut timber. Should be hit with a wooden club only.

£73.95 ex VAT.

Silky Oyakata folding saw

Blade length 270mm, overall length 560mmm, 1mm thick blade @2.8mm spacing.

A very high quality general purpose saw, also useful for pruning! Aluminium casing with rubberised handles. Chrome plated taper ground blade for clearence and wear resistance.

£39.08 ex VAT.

Silky pocket knife

Blade length 130mm, 3mm tooth spacing.

Very handy - the razor sharp taper ground blade is excellent for small jobs in and around the woods and workshop.

£26.81 ex VAT.

Japanese pull saw

A fantastic all purpose pull saw.

Blade 240 mm, overall 580 mm, blade width 84 mm. crosscut teeth @ 1.2 mm and rip teeth @ 3 mm.

£24.29 ex VAT

Leather case for Japanese saw

French cow leather, rivet reinforced seams - the perfect way to protect the Japanese saw.

£12.18 ex VAT

Chinese spokeshave

Body 150mm; blade 42 mm.

These are fantastic little spokeshaves, great value and a pleasure to use.

£9.50 ex VAT.

Chinese spokeshave

Body 190mm; blade 67mm.

A slightly larger version of the previous one.

Veritas flat sole spokeshave

54mm blade, 270mm long.

Very well engineered spokeshaves with fine and effective depth adjustment. The highest quality spokeshave that we have used.

Veritas curved sole spokeshave

54mm blade, 270mm long.

Identical to the flat soled model except that the curved sole allow accurate work into concave surfaces.

Veritas concave spokeshave

40 mm blade, 270 mm long.

This version of these very high quality spokeshaves is profiled for round work - ideal for chair legs or similar.

IC Cut pocket knife

Hand forged blade, excellent locking mechanism, stainless blade, walnut cheeks with nickel silver fittings. blade 70 mm.

£71.43 ex VAT.

Bell-shaped mallet

85mm diameter head; length 245mm; approx. weight 500g

A well ballanced general purpose mallet.

£19.24 ex VAT.

Cylindrical mallet

95 mm diameter; head length 250mm; approx weight 650g.

A well ballanced general purpose mallet.

£22.61 ex VAT.

Veritas round tenon cutters

These ingenious cutters will cut circular tenons on green and seasoned rods, ideal for chair making and stick furniture. Many simple structures can be made very quickly and accurately by using either a battery drill or brace. These cutters will revolutionise your approach to round tenons - another "how did we ever live without it" tool.

5/8" - 77.31 ex VAT.
3/4" - 79.83 ex VAT.
1" - 81.51 ex VAT.
1 1/4" - 89.08 ex VAT.

Gränsfors Bruks Sharpening Stone

Double faced sandstone with rubber case for sharpening axes, used dry or wet.

£24.54 ex VAT.

Diamond honing cone

Cone shaped diamond coated sharpener, for sharpening gouges and concave edges.

9.3 - 19.3 mm diameter £27.31 ex VAT.
19.3 - 31.8 mm diameter £29.33 ex VAT.

Gränsfors Bruks splitting wedge

Width 40mm, length 240mm.

Hand forged in Sweden with a longtitudinal twist to increase splitting action. Used in pairs for splitting large logs.

£36.89 ex VAT.

Gränsfors Bruks side axe / sculptor's axe

Face 120mm, length 370mm.

Curved cutting edge and pointed toe, supplied razor sharp with fitted leather sheath. A lovely little axe for roughing out and detailed work. Textured hickory handle.

£82.35 ex VAT.

Outdoor Life

Large Brazier & BBQ

So many guests have wanted to buy the braziers we use during the courses that we have now included them here in the shop.

They are very sturdy and at 880 mm diameter they can be used both for large fires for gatherings and for BBQs with the addition of the (included) stainless steel cooking grill. We have been using ours for years and think that they are a great product, both at home in the garden and in the woods for camping.

£85.11 ex VAT.

Storm Kettle 2.5 pint

These great pieces of kit are just the job for a quick brew in the woods or indeed when camping or fishing. Just a few twigs will, when lit, provide boiling hot water in a matter of minutes in any weather. We use one when out in the woods and can't imagine how we ever did without it.

£43.47 ex VAT.

Fire Stick

These fire lighting sticks are always reliable and fun and will even work when wet - simply draw a steel blade along the length to produce sparks for igniting tinder.

£8.32 ex VAT.