Delaney, Edward and Linda. Interview about carving, knife making, and knitting.

Edward Delaney discusses wood carving, knife making, and hunting and trapping. His wife Linda talks about her knitting. 00:00 Started carving to entertain himself, for relaxation; 00:50 Learned how to carve on his own by recognizing images in the wood; 01:23 Made own knives because commercial knives...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crane, Katie
Other Authors: Delaney, Edward; Delaney, Linda
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/8579
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Summary:Edward Delaney discusses wood carving, knife making, and hunting and trapping. His wife Linda talks about her knitting. 00:00 Started carving to entertain himself, for relaxation; 00:50 Learned how to carve on his own by recognizing images in the wood; 01:23 Made own knives because commercial knives were hard to get and expensive; 01:56 Different types of carving, carving in the round, relief carving, chip carving; 03:28 Challenges in carving, visualizing what the steps are; 05:32 Favourite type of carving is carving in the round, carving animals, use of colour; 06:43 Woodburning, challenges and how it differs from carving; 08:11 Project vary in length, doesn't spend all day on a carving; 09:18 Difficulty in obtaining carving knives, making his own; 10:38 Process of making knives out of tempered steel; 12:27 Good knives must not be too hard, and must be able to be sharpened; 14:04 Makes hunting knives as well as carving knives, the differences between them; 14:51 The importance of the hardness of the steel to prevent dulling, breaking when resharpening; 16:53 Not able to sell knives because he gives them away to his large family; 17:11 The importance of getting back to a sustainable society; 18:42 The importance of passing the skills on, getting kids back out into the woods, outdoors; 22:43 The Baccalieu Trail Traditional Skills Inventory project; 22:59 Linda makes trigger mitts as a passtime; 23:17 Taught herself to make the mittens; 23:33 Edward is an outdoorsman and not good with technology; 23:39 Why he doesn't sell his work; 24:23 Mrs Doyle owns a craft store and makes her own sea glass art and has started whittling; 24:52 Doesn't want Edward to paint his carvings; 25:16 Loves to use colours in her knitting, uses all the wool