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The straight knife is the main tool for Spoon Carving<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once we have removed as much wood as possible using the axe, we move on to the straight knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The straight knife is also knows as Sloyd (Sl\u00f6jd<\/em>) knife. This term means craft or handwork in Swedish and comes from a movement in the Scandinavian education system from the end of the XIX century which promoted hand work as an integral part of education from a your age. This system is still active in schools of Scandinavian countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main tool of the movement is the knife, the Sloyd Knife. A small handled knife with a symetric bevel cutting edge. The blade is usually between 5cm and 12cm long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Morakniv knife 120<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The most important thing to remember when using a straight knife is making restricted movements.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch in the next video how the cutting motions are always supported or restricted with the hands or limited by the pivoting action made with the wrist. But they are never free range movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free movements are those which are limited only by our reflexes, but our reflexes are never fast enough. Also they require twice the effort because we need force to make the cut and to stop the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using restricted movements we can make safer and more efficient cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember we must always read the grain to determine the direction of the cuts. Read more about this in: Follow the grain: Cutting direction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s see an example in this next video by Nathan Bour:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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