Beech Bowl & Spoons.

[Hedgehog]

Finished these last week after letting them season for a few months..

The largest bowl I've yet made.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Chambers]

That looks fantastic! I really like them

 

[birdbrain57]

Lovely job mate. What did you use to hollow bowl?

 

[yomperalex]

I was recently given a few blanks of beech and am currently having a crack at my first kuska. All I can say is that I never anticipated just how hard a wood beech is - it is damn hard to carve.

so that said, you really have done an amazing job - really beautiful design too. Well done.

Alex

 

[Ian S]

Now that is a beautiful bowl, and the spoons are great, too.

Cheers

 

[Chambers]

Out of interest, what have you oiled them with?

 

[Barn Owl]

They're something to be proud of.

 

[Hedgehog]

Thankyou very much for the kind comments gentlemen.

birdbrain57 - I used an adze (Svante Djarv) to remove the bulk of material on the inside & a kent pattern hatchet for the outside. Then finished the inside with an inshave & a spoon knife. The outside was finished with a draw knife, push knife(Frosts) & a whittler.

yomperalex - It is pretty sturdy stuff indeed. This started out as a freshly cut log split in half & worked green so as soft as possible I guess. If you have a drill or wide brace bit you could remove some material from the inside to make things easier on the wrists.

 

[craeg]

Lovely work there bud I like them a lot!

 

[Kepis]

Lovely, hope i can emulate that when im eventually allowed to play with my new Karlsson adze (got to wait until Christmas - no fair )

 

[yomperalex]

Thankyou very much for the kind comments gentlemen.

birdbrain57 - I used an adze (Svante Djarv) to remove the bulk of material on the inside & a kent pattern hatchet for the outside. Then finished the inside with an inshave & a spoon knife. The outside was finished with a draw knife, push knife(Frosts) & a whittler.

yomperalex - It is pretty sturdy stuff indeed. This started out as a freshly cut log split in half & worked green so as soft as possible I guess. If you have a drill or wide brace bit you could remove some material from the inside to make things easier on the wrists.

I fully plan on doing a bit of drilling, anything to save on the blisters and endless sharpening - mine are pretty well seasoned.

Alex

 

[Hugo]

Nice looking job you have done there.

 

[swissgearlabs]

Fantastic work! Brilliant!

 

[Deaner666]

They look ace. I love the the family feel you've got between the three pieces. Great work.

 

[robin wood]

lovely work, really like the crisp well defined lines on both spoons and bowl, it's a lot harder than it looks to get it that good.

 

[JJJ]

Definitely a master craftsman at work. Lots of added finesse in the detail and I also love the way they are a threesome.You have made me wonder why produce a bowl without it's family member's.
Personally I find green Beech a joy to carve.
The whiter the wood the easier it is to carve and funnily enough, the easier it it to produce a dark finish just by letting it dry before applying a finish.
I find that drilling out a wood like this is not quicker than carving with sharp tools. If you carve it from the start you follow through with smooth movements. If you drill first, you have to repeatedly over come the resistance of stop cuts. The exception would be very large items.

Cheers Hedgehog, very nice work. The photos are great too!

 

[dancan]

There have been plenty of real nice spoons and such posted on the site (Keep the pics coming!) and hard to rate them but these pics are definitely up there with the best of them !

 

[HillBill]

Nice work mate, all are good, but i love the bowl.

 

[stekker]

Very impressive job.
They are looking great!
Did you boil them in salt water for preventing cracks?

Greetings Theo.

 

[addo]

Top work chap. Cant wait to get my new adze and get making bowls.
Hope they turn out as nice as yours, and the colour they have turned out has inspired me to save some beech for carving next time I'm in one.