With the instruction of Jögge Sundqvist, make a classic Mora knife #106 with a hand carved handle and a birch bark sheath.
In this two-day class, you’ll learn:

• How to think about handle design
• How to drill by eyeballing and fit the tang
• How to rivet the tang
• How to use the axe for rough design
• How to use knife grips to smooth-carve the handle
• How to make a birch bark sheath with birch root binding
• How to pimp the handle with karvsnitt (chip carving)
• How to paint the handle with oil-colour.
• How to sharpen a good carving bevel

Tool List

A sharp carving knife
Hewing axe
Chip carving knife
Chopping block (can be small)
Squared needle rasp
Hammer
Awl

Cost
The class fee is $500 (due at registration), plus a small materials fee TBD (no more than $50, and hopefully less) due at the start of class. (Cancellations will be accepted up until four weeks before the class for a full refund. If cancellation occurs within four weeks prior to the start of class, a refund will be issued only if the slot can be filled.)

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Bio

Jögge Sundqvist works with handtools in the self-sufficient Scandinavian fine craft tradition, called Slöjd. He makes stools, chairs, cupboards, knives, spoons, sculpture and shelves painted with artists' oil color. He is the author of "Slöjd in Wood" and "Karvsnitt: Carving, Pattern & Color in the Slöjd Tradition," published in English by Lost Art Press.

He began learning the work of knife and axe at the age of four at the side of his father Wille Sundqvist. His formal education was at the fine woodcraft Vindeln Folk School 1982 – 84. He evolves the slöjd tradition and makes his slöjd work through his business, www.surolle.se. He also teaches, lectures, and writes books and is an international ambassador for Morakniv.

"Not uncrafty" is his motto.