Today I am going to show you how I made my horse using just my homemade knife. Remember !! This is my first attempt to carve something so don't judge hard.

Step 1: 1. Finding Suitable Wood

First you need to find some soft wood good for carving. I used lime-tree but anything soft will work. You need it to dry properly. As you can see from the picture above my wood is dryed but it started to rot a bit. It doesn't mater though.

Step 2: 2. Carving

Cut the wood into a plank and draw a simple (not nice in my case) horse. Cut around with any saw as shown. Then the knife comes. I started by laying a plank of wood on my knees to act as a cutting board. First you cut the basic shape of your horse. I did this by slicing (like a meat) that means to push the knife down until it stops on the board.

After the basic shape start carving. I used a bit large knife but I wanted to try how sharp it is. I have to say that even after six hours of endless carving it was still sharp enough to cut paper.

Try using every single piece of your knife's bevel.