Flickertail Social Media & Discord
Facebook: Club updates, cancellation notices, class advertisements, etc.
YouTube: How-To carving videos by club members, Whittle-in project demonstrations, etc.
Mastodon: Photos of class projects, YouTube video links, etc.
Instagram: Photos of class projects
Discord: Online chat, project showcase, event notices, etc. (old-school message board)
Tools & Woods
Deepwoods Ventures – knives, hook knives, sharpening, patterns
OCC Tools by Mike Shipley – knives, gouges
Helvie Knives LLC – knives, gouges, skews, pen blanks
Morakniv – knives, hook knives
Pfeil – gouges, chisels, hook knives, adzes, punches, handles
Drake – micro, v-tools, palm gouges, knives, skew knives
Two Cherries – knives, gouges, turning, chisels
Flex Cut – palm tools, micro, power carving, knives, scorps, sharpening
Beavercraft – knives, spoon knives, chisels, wood, strops
Dockyard micro tools – micro gouges, micro skew, micro v
Treeline – carving, roughing, power carving, burs, sticks and canes, axes, pyrography, sanding, finishing, inlay, booksMountain Wood Carvers – supply shop selling many of the brands above
Online Resources for Carving (Intro, Basics, and Challenges)
Doug Linker on YouTube – easy to listen to, good techniques, fun designs
Syman Woodcarving on YouTube – easy to listen to, great basics, fun designs
Ddalo on YouTube – adorable carvings, from start to finish. Pause along the way!
Other surrounding woodcarving groups, carving opportunities, and locations of interest (States & Provinces bordering ND):
North Dakota
Dakota Woodturners (Bismarck, ND)
Lake Region Wood Carvers (Devils Lake, ND)
Minnesota
Red River Valley Woodcarvers (Moorhead, MN)
Milan Village Arts School (Milan, MN)
Lakes Area Woodcarvers Club (Detroit Lakes, MN)
MN Woodworkers Guild (New Brighton, MN)
Rochester Woodcarvers (Rochester, MN)
Knotty Carvers of the North (Proctor, MN)
National Fish Decoy Association (MN, WI, ND)
Montana
Helena Woodworkers Guild (Helena, MT)
Northern Rockies Woodworking Guild (Gallatin Valley, MT)
Yellowstone Wood Turners (Billings, MT)
Montana State Woodcarvers Association
Glacier Woodturners Association (Flathead Valley, MT)
Great Falls Woodturners (Great Falls, MT)
South Dakota
Hay Camp Woodcarvers (Rapid City, SD)
Siouxland Woodturners (Sioux Falls, SD)
Saskatchewan
South Saskatchewan Woodturners Guild
Regina Whittlers & Woodcarvers
Manitoba
Woodturners Association of Manitoba
Prairie Canada Carvers’ Association
MORE Clubs!
Iowa
Vesterheim Museum & Heritage Center (Decorah, IA)
North Carolina
Triad Woodcarvers (Winston Salem, NC)
Woodcarving Associations
National Wood Carvers Association – home of Chip Chats magazine. Sign up for a carving newsletter!
International Association of Woodcarvers – Facebook & Youtube
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