Carving my First Longrifle | Beginner Flintlock Carving | Let's Build a Kibler Woodsrunner
In this video, we go from start to finish on all the major carvings laid out in the last video. I'm a total beginner at stock carving, so this is less of a "how to" and more of a "this is how I did it" as a newbie.
I go over the carving tools I use, as well as the steps and processes I used to go from the simple moulding line carving to the complex scroll carving muzzleloaders are known for.
The Carving Knife I use in this video; https://www.etsy.com/listing/720037761/wood-carving-knife-detail-knife
Timestamps are included for you to jump around as you need!
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Woodsrunner Carving Tools
I like to carve or “whittle” as some might call it, so while carving a longrifle is a totally different school than I’m used to, I do have some tools that should do the job. The tools are made up of 3 groups, chisels, scrapers, and miscellaneous.
Chisels
These chisels are all Swiss/Pfiel brand chisels, buy once and you cry once.
#1 palm skew
#12 palm V
5/5 gouge
6/12 gouge
0/4 gouge
1S/8 Skew
Fullsize V
Scrapers
3 non descript stock scrapers, a wide flat, a narrow flat, and a round
Square cabinet scraper
Frech Curve cabinet scraper, marked “Clifton”
Miscellaneous
Single line checkering tool
Yazel Carving knife. My father makes this knife (Below) by modifying a MORA brand blade and making a custom “carving” focused handle for it. This is the knife I carve 95% of my figures with. I ended up using it a lot in this build because I’m used to using it. I could grab this knife and work almost without thinking about how to approach it because it’s so common to my hand.
VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:20 Carving Tools I use
1:35 Cheek Piece moulding
6:05 Toe Moulding
11:27 Patchbox Thumb Catch
14:15 Toe Moulding Continued
28:34 Tang Carving
01:05:31 Entry Pipe Carving
01:10:47 The Main Attraction
02:09:28 Final Carving