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!

The "Man" doesn't want you to see muzzleloader building. This video was made possible by our channel members, thank you!

Join today to support more videos

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