You lookin to make duck decoys?
WTF happened to Smokey Mountain Carvers Supply?!!!
Might want to take a look at Frank Miller Lumber, their front room section. Union, Ohio/Indiana, just north of Greenville, Ohio right on the Ohio Indiana border. I get 95 percent of my wood supplies there.
In a rush to help a FRiend I did a search for other woodcarving supplies without reading your source for the post. Sorry I didn’t respond properly.
In the 70’s & 80’s I did some carving of gun stocks. The tools I used could be bought at Kmart or model airplane stores. I have not seen them in years.
Seems like traditional hobbies of years gone by have been replaced by electronic gadgetry.
I recall spending hours if not days on just one gun stock, getting the lines perfect. Getting the parts to fit perfectly. Then admiring the finished weapon, knowing the rifle stock was as good or better than a factory one.
I miss the simplicity of that era.
Rockler here is the place
in SoCal.
As a matter of interest, Grandfathers on both sides of the family were woodcarvers. I have a few small carving tools still.
Even more important is the story of "Blue Zones" places where people seem to live longer than normal and don't die of cholesterol or heart issues.
One of the indicators is that the men in their old age still engage in occupations that are both mental and physical:
Stonemason
Carpenter
Cheese maker
Fisherman
Bee keeper
Goat hearder
Herbalist.
So to all the carvers out there....
Don't panic
Keep Carving.
Spouse is from Ikaria
http://island-ikaria.com/about-ikaria/Ikaria-BlueZonev
Another lost art.
bookmark - WOOD CARVING
Try this. I’ve used them a couple of times.
https://www.northwestlumberco.com/contact
317-293-1100
5035 Lafayette Road
Indianapolis, IN, 46254
Northwest Lumber Company was started by Harry Greeley in 1956 & has been handed down two generations! At first, we were selling plywoods & construction grade lumber & over the decades, we have evolved from selling mainly construction grade lumber & power tools to selling high-end furniture grade wood, tone-woods for instrument building & fine woodworking hand tools. We have recently added a Wood-Mizer to our collection & have been slabbing big logs for table tops, bars & benches.
for later