"i looked on top gear and blade master, but they don't seem to have a crooked knife, i have a small set of chisels i got from mitre 10."

"i am looking for a spoon knife or crooked knife for wood carving, does anyone know of anywhere in nz that sells wood carving tools,  i have looked on google but can't find any that are nz based. thanks"

"hi rob, thanks for that, yes i would be looking at using a 3-4 inch branch, straighter the better. and carve the long bow from that, splitting it in half and using the good front  outer face as the front of the bow,  i would love to have…"

"are you talking about carving a bow from a solid piece of timber or using a branch as a bow? i was thinking about carving a long bow from macrocarpa, but not sure if it is realy tough enough, it will be easier to carve and probably have a good…"