We had our first Halloween party over the weekend. I carved my first pumpkins on Friday night - new favourite activity. But looking down at the table with 4 steak knives, 1 paring knife, 2 measuring cups, a dessert spoon, a tea spoon, a meat pricker, a VA antler handled knife and several measuring spoons got me thinking about the importance of having the right tool for the job. Clearly we didn't.
I need a couple of knives for my Birka kit, any way, and will need some smaller carving tools for the models. I have a couple of cheap, dual headed sculpting tool sets from a craft shop that I have been using to sculpt clay. They work well and were so cheap it wouldn't be worth replacing them. I also found a great image showing a shell and a piece of clay with the markings it made, found on a dig at Birka. I'll have to get around to uploading some images, because it is such a simple find that made me so excited. Might be able to talk to my friend who ran a forge at Spring War, and see if it is possible for me to learn to make a couple of knives and small tools next time he sets the forge up for a week end.
Short story: Need atleast 2 knives, some tiny needle-in-a-handle carving tools and a kit/box/chest/bag to store my smith's tools.
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