Originally Posted by prairie ghost
Could you please explain this to me. An 11 yo blank should be stable for the environment it has been stored in. It moved when working it. Now boiling/steaming it and clamping it will cure that? I would still like to see the blank in question and the clamping device. Quater sawn, slab sawn or rift sawn? Hoping someone can enlighten me.

I think what he has a piece of wood with stresses built into. It was at a stable equilibrium before he started whittling. As he shaves away wood, the balance of power changes within the stick and things begin to move. Action wood. Limb wood can be like that.

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