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Carving a Wooden Clog — The All-Wood Sabot from a Single Green Block
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Carving a Wooden Clog — The All-Wood Sabot from a Single Green Block

Across rural Europe the wooden clog — the French sabot, the Dutch klomp — kept feet warm and dry for centuries. Each shoe is carved from a single block of green hardwood: the outside shaped like a foot, the inside hollowed out to receive it. Green (unseasoned) alder, willow or beech is used because it carves easily and splits little, then hardens as it dries. This blueprint carves one clog from froe-split billet to finished shoe, then repeats for the matching pair, using only edge tools.
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Інструкції

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Split a clean billet

Split a straight-grained block of green alder, willow or beech to a little larger than the foot, using the froe driven with a wooden mallet. Choose a length free of knots so the wood carves cleanly.

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Hardwood BlockHardwood Block1 штука

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FroeFroe
Wooden MalletWooden Mallet
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Rough out the foot profile

With the hatchet, chop the billet down to the rough shape of a foot seen from the side — a flat sole, an upturned toe, and a squared heel. Leave the block oversize everywhere for now.

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HatchetHatchet
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Mark the sole and top outlines

Stand the block on the wearer's foot or a pattern and mark the outline of the sole and the top opening with the point of the carving knife, so you have clear lines to carve to.

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Sloyd Carving KnifeSloyd Carving Knife
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Shape the outside with the drawknife

Clamp the block and draw the drawknife toward you to shape the rounded outside of the clog — the swell of the toe, the waist at the instep, and the flat of the sole. Work down to the marked lines.

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Draw KnifeDraw Knife
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Refine the curves with a spokeshave

Smooth the toe curve, the sides and the instep with the spokeshave, fairing the outside into an even foot shape ready to hollow.

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SpokeshaveSpokeshave
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Bore out the mouth

Bore down into the top opening with the hand auger to remove the bulk of the inside waste quickly, stopping short of the sole so you do not bore through.

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Hand AugerHand Auger
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Hollow the foot cavity

Hollow the inside to the shape of a foot with the hook knife and gouge, driven by the mallet where needed. Follow the curve of the sole and open out under the instep, leaving even walls.

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Hook Knife (Spoon Carving)Hook Knife (Spoon Carving)
GougeGouge
Wooden MalletWooden Mallet
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Fit the cavity to the foot

Test the hollow against the foot it must fit: the sole should sit flat, the toes have room, and the walls be thin enough to be light but thick enough to be strong. Pare away any tight spots.

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Hook Knife (Spoon Carving)Hook Knife (Spoon Carving)
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Cut the instep throat

Shape the opening at the top of the foot — the 'throat' — with the gouge and carving knife so the foot slides in and the clog grips the instep without pinching.

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Sloyd Carving KnifeSloyd Carving Knife
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Smooth inside and out

Pare every surface smooth, inside and out, with the carving knife and spokeshave, removing tool ridges so nothing chafes the foot and the outside is clean.

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Sloyd Carving KnifeSloyd Carving Knife
SpokeshaveSpokeshave
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Carve the matching clog

Repeat every step to carve the second clog as a mirror image of the first, so the pair matches in length, depth and shape — one left, one right.

Матеріали для цього кроку:

Hardwood BlockHardwood Block1 штука

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HatchetHatchet
Draw KnifeDraw Knife
Hook Knife (Spoon Carving)Hook Knife (Spoon Carving)
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Dry the pair slowly

Set the finished green-wood clogs to dry slowly in a cool, airy place away from direct heat. As the wood seasons it hardens and the clogs become light and durable — drying too fast would crack them.

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