It’s a piece of gum tree. Eucalypts are hard as the devil, which is proving to be a little slippery in practice. I chiselled out a grid pattern which is working okay, but it’s still slipping much more than my old rotting pine log.

At this point I’m hoping it will get a grip as it ages and silvers and gets beaten on. We’ll see.

I made most of these objects besides the chemex collar and the dark coffee scoop. Wouldn’t want to mislead anyone on the internet, that would be crazy.

I’ve been trying to get into greenwood carving. I did this with a stanley blade and a tiny 6mm curved palm gouge. I need a hook knife for sure, that gouge was painful to use.