One of my stress relievers is to carve bowls and spoons and such from chunks of wood too big to fit in the chipper. I use hand tools for almost all the removal work, with adzes, gouges and such. This requires frequent sharpening with whetstones and my experience is that you get better at it fairly quickly once you start doing it, mostly because there is a huge amount of immediate feedback just from how it feels to use the blade. So, to quote Nike, “Just Do It!”
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