Mangle Board

Get Looking Mangle Board with carving!!!

-- Dennis Zongker

How could an intended reject a prosal from a guy who could carve a mangle board like that – nicely done

-- Phil in British Columbia

Really cool! Thank you are the story and a great looking mangle board!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Cool! The project looks great and I learned something new. I’ve never heard of a mangle board before now. That’s pretty cool. You do some nice carving too. Thanks for sharing

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Fantastic carving work Dave, Welcome to Lumberjocks!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

I would be very wary of a woman with that “tool” in her hands, seriously though it’s a beautifull carving and a nice tradition, my question would be how did the intended know who had carved the board? so that she could choose or was it all about the carving and design?
Inner beauty and all that???
Sorry about soo many questions, inquiring minds or extremely noosey!!!

Jerry – I suspect that she would have known who the suiter was. In Norway, anyway, there probably weren’t that many men around to choose from.

By the time the tradition made it to the US, folks were using the traditional flat iron instead (I think I would rather have an angry woman swinging a mangle board as opposed to a flat iron). By then, the designs got fancier – to be used more as decorations than as a “tool”.

-- Dave

Very nice carving Dave. You did a beautiful job on this piece. Thanks for history about these boards.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Great story and fantastic carving. I learned something new today. Thanks for the lesson.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

great carving and story,
did she accept your offer ?
and is this hers now ,
or are you showing it in hopes of
some lady LJ liking it ?

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Thanks, but I have been happily married for 32 years – long before I learned to carve. I’ve only been carving for about 6 years.

-- Dave

Fantastic carving, maybe my Viking side should try that:-)) welcome to LJ.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

You did a Great job!! Very,very nice carving.

Robin Renee’

AKA….............Woodchic

-- Robin Renee'

Super Job great carving

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

that is cool – like a sampler for guys.

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

fantastic.
and the story – thanks for sharing that. Perhaps they should use that idea on the bachelor show ;)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Beautiful carving. I love the history.

-- “Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.” John Candy, Blues Brothers