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Where do you guys source your wood from? (self.whittling)

submitted 2 years ago by antila91 to c/whittling

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I live in a big city and can’t exactly snap a branch of a random tree or real pick up random sticks from people’s backyards without getting some looks.

I’ve ordered off Amazon and Etsy in the past for basswood and walnut that was not bad.

Im just curious where other people get resources?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

For the moment, I’m taking fallen wood in parks. I live in a big city as well, but we have a lot of parks and green borders in the neighborhood. Just yesterday, I noticed a branch and took it home just before the ‘cleaning service’ got it. I inspected the nearby tree and I even think it’s basswood/linden.

For the rest, it’s a guess which wood I have found. Most of it was pretty hard, so a bit tougher for fine whittling.

BTW, it always feels a bit ‘illegal’ to take with me, but nobody really cares. I even bought a small saw to assist the collections.