Bali Carvings
We came across the Web site of the Dewi Murni Artshop while researching another topic last month. The site was last updated in 2003, so we don't know how current the contact info is, but anybody interested in Oriental carving, and in particular the art of the woodcarvers of Bali, owes themselves a visit to this online gallery.

For more info, visit them online, try phoning 62.361.298111, or send an e-mail to product@dewimurni-artshop.com

About twenty years ago Ron started teaching carving classes and selling knives to the students. The reputation of the knife grew from there and spread by word of mouth across the country. Ron currently makes over 2000 knives a year while still carving in his spare time. His fine knife is ground from a power hacksaw blade which is made from molybdenum alloy steel. The handle is made of walnut harvested in the Ozarks. The handle is not polished smooth but finished with a coarse sandpaper and linseed oil which gives an excellent grip. The uniqueness of the knife is in the ease with which it slides through the wood. This is accomplished by a thin blade that gets its stability from a little extra width. The wide thin blade is excellent for flat plane carving in basswood, but is praised widely by relief and chip carvers as well.

For more info and to see the full selection of blades available, visit Ron online.

Bob Reitmeyer, shown at right with one of his custom walking sticks, joined scouting in 1979 and since then he has supplied wood crafts and wood craft supplies to scout camps around the country. He serves as an adult leader and assists scouts working on wood merit badges. His articles on woodcarving and the art of whittling have appeared in Chip Chats, and he demonstrated the Art of Whittling at the 1989, 1997, and 2001 National Boy Scout Jamborees. Bob will again teach and demonstrate at the 2005 jamboree. He is listed as the first resource in the 2001 edition of the BSA Wood Carving Merit Badge book.

For more info, visit Bob online.