Ask away Mark, if I can answer I will but bare in mind I am very much a beginner myself.
I have not used any green wood as yet but will defo be doing so very soon.
The preferred wood seems to be dry Basswood as it has very little grain and leaves a crisp finish from the blade, I have only one piece of that so am saving it for a goodun (hopefully).
Until now I have used only scrap wood of any description, litteraly gone through my offcuts bin and picked out the better bits of firewood.
The spoons have been made from an old Beech chopping board Drain was chucking out cos it had splits in it.
The figures I have done are only small items I leave on the deskside and chip away as and when the fancy takes me over a period of time, some have taken weeks cos I think it's finished but look again and see some more I wanna do to it.
The spoons are such an easy thing to do they take no time at all so can be done in one sitting.
If I were to do a fancy one there is nothing to stop me from leaving it at any stage and returning later to continue.
Any large projects of which I have done none so far I would leave in a vice in shed and work on when time permits.
I am finding it very relaxing and taxing at the same time, not restricted to shed.
Nice day sit outside with knife, beer and good company, rainy day be a sad git indoors with a cuppa, knife and a cardboard box for the chippings.
I have always carried knives all my life just incase I needed one but now enjoy using it, doodling with twigs or making my mark in pub furniture.:nonono::nonono::nonono:
Hope I have helped???:wink::wink:
