Last week I started shaping the neck. It started out as a nervous-racking job, because I didn’t want to screw up my work and at the same time, I had to attack it with rasps, shaves and other dangerous tools… but after a while it came out to be very relaxing. I used a rasp at first, but most of all only the blade of my spokeshave, since the spokeshave itself sucks (which I also found out during this process).

I planned a C-shape for the neck, but right now it’s more like a D-shape. And I think it’s still somewhat thick, but I’m getting there!