Make a Japanese Chisel Box from Firewood - roundwood.wood.chiselbox PEP BB

I'm looking for clarification on "firewood".

By definition firewood is "wood used for fuel" therefore this requirement is self-contradictory because we are not burning the chisel box, are we?

If you mean firewood as wood on your firewood stack that you intend to burn as fuel, that could be ANY wood of any quality that doesn't produce dangerous fumes when burned. Are we looking for wood already dried, and possibly checked? Are we looking for throw-away timbers? Are we looking for anything that is not already planed and milled? Even planed and milled cut-offs are firewood for a lot of people.

Could we be a little more specific or robust with the requirement?

I’ve seen a few of these kind of challenges on youtube. You basically start with something you’d normally store for burning - find in your wood shed.

Here’s an example, to give you an idea, for a Katsuobushi Kezuriki (bonito shaving plane, used in japanese cooking to create shavings of bonito - I realise that living in Japan you’d know this so it’s for the benefit of others!)



You only have to watch the first couple of minutes to get the idea.

So assuming this video is representative of the kind of wood we're talking about I think rather than "firewood" perhaps "a chunk of unmilled log" might be better. The wood he's using looks to be of very decent quality for woodworking, a lot of firewood is not.

I don't know the best wording, but I definitely think it can be improved.

At any rate, thanks for the video illustration Ed! It provides a good starting point.