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With this site I hope to provide you with some basic instruction, carving tips and news on woodcarving and whittling.  Please check out the articles on the right column.  I hope you find them educational and helpful.
Also, please visit my web site at: www.WhiteEagleStudios.com
Guest Contributor – Dick Anderson, On Heat Treating

Dick is offering his second contribution to White Eagle Studios Web Log.  This one is a discussion “On Heat Treating.”  Dick is a master edge tool maker and if anyone knows how to heat treat steel and the correct steels to use – it is Dick Anderson.  I have never had the guts to try heat treating but after Dick’s discussion, maybe I’ll give it a try.

Dick Anderson has owned and operated Savage Forge for over 30 years.  I accidentally stumbled across tools made by Dick many years ago while visiting a boat building store in Anacortes, Washington.  Those tools remain special and some of my favorite tools today.  I have often stated that Dick’s tools have a personality of their own and perhaps even a bend toward magic.   Years later, I met Dick and visited him at his Savage Forge in Clearlake, Washington and was amazed at his tool making process and abilities.  Today, I probably own some 15 tools made by Savage Forge and this master tool maker.  Dick is a low profile guy.  He does no advertising, you can’t buy his tools at Woodcraft and he does not maintain a web site.   Dick is a hold over from the good old days of high quality craftsmanship seldom found today.

Dick has made thousands of tools in his career and because they are hand forged, they hold an edge much longer than any stamped, cast, or mass produced tool.

Dick can be contacted at anderslynn@peoplepc.com , or (360) 856-4018 – PO Box 75, Clearlake, Washington 98235.

Both Dick’s first article titled “For Fine Edges” and his current article, On Heat Treating may be found under the Guest Contributor’s tab.

Current Artist Spotlight

In 1961 when I was seventeen years old, I moved to Seattle with my family, where my Dad had accepted a transfer.  By then, I was taking wood carving pretty seriously and was quite taken with the North Coast Indian art of the area.  The very first monumental sculptures that I witnessed were the totem poles at Northgate Shopping Center, carved in 1952.  I found them to be an amazing piece of art.  The carver was an artist named Dudley Carter.  Carter had carved these poles single handedly and they were “huge” in comparison to any woodcarving that I had ever seen before.  Most large poles carved these days are carved by teams of carvers.  Carter is actually not considered by many purists to be a true North Coast carver.  Indeed, I believe Carter was an exceptional North Coast Carver and one with a definite flair of originality.

Please visit the Artists Tab for a complete discussion of this remarkable man and artist.

Guest Contributor Don Mertz
You don’t want to miss the deeply meaningful discussion of ‘Journey of  Woodcarving‘ presented by Donald K. Mertz .  I think you will agree that this is written from the heart and powerfully expresses the woodcarving experience as you have never heard it before.  Obviously Don is a gifted carver and in late September, he was elected to the membership of the Caricature Carvers of America.   I don’t know about you, but I like being friends with someone so talented.

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Important Disclosure: Wood carving and whittling may be habit forming and could prevent you from engaging in household chores and other unpleasant tasks.  Carving is enjoyable and you may be prone to sharing it with others; thus, causing them to experience the same distractions from less pleasant tasks as you may experience yourself.