MICHAEL SHEPPARD

CUSTOM KNIFEMAKER

CUSTOM WOODCARVER

CUSTOM WOOD TURNER

SCRIMSHANDER

Member of:

Golden Horseshoe Wood Carvers

Golden Horseshoe Turners Assocation

Burlington Wood Carvers

Although in the past I have made custom knives, I am now fully devoted to woodworking. I am concentrating my efforts now on custom woodcarving and wood turning, scrimshaw, general and customized carving knives.

The information posted on this site, is for viewing only. I do not accept custom orders and will not be accepting them in the near furture. Please feel free to browse through the site. I hope that my work might prove an inspiration for your work.

 

MY "HOW TO" GUIDES

I have had many people ask me how to scrimshaw. I always try and give them a brief outline of what I do. I know that this does not answer all questions, and information given in this manner is easily forgotten. So I have assembled a web guide page called "A Beginner's Guide To Scrimshaw". I have tried to incorporate all the information that I think a person needs to start scrimming. Feel free to look the booklet over.  You may freely use the information contained in the guide and reprint it for general use.

Since I also make carving knives, I now have a web guide page on "Sharpening Your Carving Knives". This will give both the beginner and expert carver an overview on how to keep an edge on their carving knives.

 

MAP OF OUR WEBSITE

I am finding that a lot of buttons on a page can be confusing and distracting. To counter this, I have made a map page of our website with the major areas of interest buttoned. Clicking on those will take you to the relevant webpages. I hope that this system will allow you to navigate our website with a lot more ease. Don't worry, each page has a default button to either the map page, the home page, or the last page viewed.