One of the best videos I have seen on greenwood bowl carving. Please make more - few are of your skill.

no longer have a shed or a lathe so seeing this was inspiring. I was very impressed with the finish minus sanding, just shows talent & sharp tools goes a long way. thanks for a great video, neill

Absolute joy to watch you convert the log to something so beautiful :-) thank you

i dont know why.. but i love to watch wood carving :)

Nice to see someone with masterful skill retaining an almost forgotten art of hand carving. Very nice work indeed and thanks for sharing!!

Elegant and beautiful, it's a pleasure to watch you work.

10 out of 10!! Lovely bowl and a new technique in bowl making for me to try! Well done

Working on my third bowl now and I keep referring back to David Fisher videos for inspiration and technical guidance. Thank you David... Yo da man!

That is true craftsmanship! Beautiful piece.

Very high quality work. Great education. Chris

another great video, good that you showed the whole process too with a serious command of the tools, superb looking bowl.

Amazing craftsmanship! Thank you for sharing this with us! I learned a lot! One of the best footages out there!!!

you sir, are ridiculously AMAZING! absolutely love your craftsmanship.

Unbelievable effort here. You truly personify what the term 'artisan' is all about. Well done!

Wow, Amazing I have never seen anybody treat wood with such respect, its beautiful.

Fantastic control of your tools, great wood selection fantastic workmanship. Really shows the years you have put into your trade Thumbs up to you sir

Lovely video to watch.Top class worksmanship and your control over hand tools is simply amazing.Altough I would love to hear the sound of the hand tools while they are shaving the wood it's 10 over 10.Well done Sir..

Thank you. Hopefully they will understand the satisfaction of creating something lasting with one's hands. Best wishes in your noble pursuit. Glad I may be a small part of it.

I’ve never seen someone so skilled with an ax! Amazing!

Wonderful. Beautiful workmanship.

Not many of us traditionalist left out there.. I just started carving about 2 years ago..Started with walking sticks then generated to Utensils and Bowls.. I don't use an Adze though can't seem to find one I can afford. If you know where a fella can get one thats affordable for the poor guys let me know. I keep my eyes out at the antique places and swaps. Thats where I have gotten my draw knives and my best hand axes from. Keep up the good work. Love the video hope to see more.

So pleasurable to watch such craftsmanship.

beautiful work. beautiful shop. awesome video man. thanks for the inspiration, been carving for just about a year now. im an addict.

I love all your videos and your website as well. Contrary to other carvers, you use a minimum of tools but you master them perfectly. It is very soothing to look at you working, each cut you do is well done. Anyway I wish one day to reach your level.

Beautiful work!

I am making mine from a mason hammer and believe it's a good easy way to build one .This demo helps my planning Seems to me your know more than I will experience thanks for helping for it's a fine showing of fine points that how better mouse traps are built. Thanks

Great work! Love the marking techniques.

I love that you used the properties of an ellipse to draw the opening of your bowl. Math in action!

Beautiful work, the end result definitely warrants the time and effort you put into it.

Gorgeous bowl,sir!

I can only dream of being this good. A perfectionist at work.

Great work! amazing craftsmanship!

What a beautiful bowl. You have such control over the adze. Have you ever thought of doing a tutorial video about bowl carving using the different size adze? How long does a bowl need to dry before you can finish it? I would watch it for sure!

truly amazing,you are a very talented fella,so envious cheers malc

I really like the finished product!

thank you for sharing such an amazing talent and beautiful bowl.

I never get bored with watching this video an absolute masterpiece

Gorgeous. That is impressive.

That's what you call a Master Craftsman...very nice!

Great job!

Gheeee, no power tools..........what fun was that? Kidding of course!! Beautiful job and I would imagine very satisfying. Thanks!!

I would have messed up at so many stages in making that bowl. Awesome old school wood working skills man! :)

Your carving is amazing, and I _LOVE_ the background music!

Very nice. I love the video showing the process. Now I want to tackle making one of these. My sister has some oak logs on her property I can grab.

What a skill ! you rock !

THAT... IS... AWESOME STUFF. You're a true craftsman.

that was ballin, awesome job guy !

Great vid, loved the music and I subscribed, will prob come back with some questions when I have a go at this myself.thanks for sharing

Gorgeous piece of work and good video. I like the adze idea and draw knife tools and techniques your using. I'm going at a large cypress onion burl right now with a carvers ax and gouges only... may purchase an adze before I'm through.

Completely in awe.

that is skill... I always admire craftsmen that use hand tools on majority of their works...

A pleasure to watch such skill.

Beautiful!

Goodness it's nice watching you slow carve with that gouge, looks like you're cutting butter!

Wow. Very impressive.

Beautiful 👏

it's easy to see, even from the untrained eye, that your skill with hand tools is extraordinary...your touch with the axe and the other tools is awesome to watch...I'm guessing it takes years to get the level of sophistication with you exhibit in this video.,none the less, it is worth watching and those of us who would emulate your skills, keep honing those skills until we become remarkable in our abilities and achieve something resembling what we see in this video....this is only possible if we, like you have an almost spiritual connection and affinity with the material and the process.

Filmato molto bello, l'utilizzo di attrezzi manuali è sempre affascinante. Grazie per aver condiviso il filmato.

its so satisfying seeing someone use a sharp draw knife, you wouldnt believe how many dull draw knives there are on youtube.

not the first time you've done that is it .. lol beautiful work , thank you for sharing ...

That is true talent! Very nice

That was watching art in the making or just pure art. Thank you

wonderful work, congratulations

Just brilliant.

AWESOME VID....PLEASE DO MORE

Hi! Good job! Thanks!

Very nice work

just beautiful

one word - Awesome

Brilliant, I'm inspired. :-)

AWESOME!!! Thank you for this video. I need more carving tools:) My bowls look hideous. lol

thank you for the information:)

I always learn something from you each time I watch your videos. Thank you!

An adze. An adze is essentially an axe-like tool, but the blade is not in line with the handle, but perpendicular to it. There are many sizes and forms of adzes and they go back thousands of years. The adze I'm using is made for hollowing, so it is curved to scoop.

realy like your work, you have inspired me to make my own which is in progress

Tanta coisa boa pra falar sobre o seu trabalho!!! Parabéns!

more please,as many as you can

Most patient man alive!

The first tool you asked about is simply called a gouge. The clamping tools you are probably referring to are holdfasts. They are bent rods that wedge in holes in a workbench when hammerred down. They release by tapping on the back. Very useful. You can find all sorts with an internet search. I've made some, but toolsforworkingwood (.com) has some nice ones for a reasonable price. There are many hand forged examples out there that work well and are beautiful.

This was an great video. My wife bought me an a hand ax, much like yours and of the best quality, and a bowl adz much like yours and again of the best quality. Now I am really ready to give them a try! I need to build a horse like yours, it is the first I have seen of it's kind. Thanks again for a great video! Your CRAFTSMANSHIP is first rate! "Ten Nails"

Watchin this reduce blood pressure. :) nice working!

fantastic.

you are a clever man

Thanks James. I've found lots of great tools at auctions and antique shops, but, unfortunately, I've never found a great bowl adze at such a place. See my other reply to you for more thoughts on that. Good luck with the search. An adze is a great tool.

Awesome!

Mike, The second HK gouge (being used under the handles) is the HK 30mm bent paring gouge.

Thank you

really nice

Yes, I eat cereal all of the time out of a wooden bowl. The shape of the one in the video is better for serving things on the table. By the way, loved you in National Treasure.

very nice shop

2 thumbs up Mr. Fisher

wow good work! :)

Hard work to great pice of art!

ma new hero!

so beautiful :)

Very nice

How do you keep it from cracking while it dries? Does the thickness have some effect? If it’s thinner is it less likely to crack? I carved one from very green fresh birch a few weeks ago and it has cracked. It was a lot thicker than the one in your video Thanks!

It varies depending on the design of the bowl, the wood type, weather conditions, etc. I don't remember exactly, but there was probably a couple weeks between the initial shaping and the final work with the surface cuts.

Awesome and inspiring. What brand of bowl adze do you use? I am a beginer at this and I am in the proccess of collecting my tools to get started

jolie beau travail !