cooking utensils

[woodwalker]

hi,
whilst cooking a bannock recently, I realised that although I had easy access to water etc to clean my knife, on longer expeditions this may not be a commodity (ie desert environment).

As a solution I made a sort of 'disposable' wooden knife that could be burnt up after eating - no cleaning, no mess, no fuss. Obviously you could make it more permenant like the beautiful spoons people here seem to conjure up.

Unfortunately I didn't have time to make the whole knife fork spoon set, but the picks below should offer some inspiration.


Pine was used for speed of carving

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/black_piglet/wooden%20knife%20carving/P8080005Small.jpg

At this stage it will work fine, but I couldn't resist a bit of embelishment.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/black_piglet/wooden%20knife%20carving/P8080007Small.jpg

time for a lanyard hole. I had been carrying a SAK for years and only moderately recently worked out the purpose of the gizmo shown below

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/black_piglet/wooden%20knife%20carving/P8080010Small.jpg

The finished article - sanded and olive oiled for a longer life

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/black_piglet/wooden%20knife%20carving/P8080011Small.jpg

And add the all important para cord

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/black_piglet/wooden%20knife%20carving/P8080017Small.jpg


It actually cuts suprisingly well and I suppose one could add serations to cut bread etc.

And at the end of the day, it was good fun to make too!

Have fun
woodwalker

[sam_acw]

That's cool. I've seen all sorts of non-metal tools used by various people and cultures, bone knives being pretty common. I'll try to collate all the info and article-ise it over the next few weeks.
Don't forget the chop-sticks though!

[torjusg]

I usually clean my knife by rubbing it on my pants, seems easier. Needs no water. :)

Torjus Gaaren

[demographic]

If yer in the desert where are all the trees?

Oh yeah, and I was beaten to the chop sticks by sam.

[woodwalker]

I suppose you could carve up a batch before hand?

woodwalker

[nitram55]

You can use sand to clean pots ect, its like a scouring pad.

[demographic]

Don't get me wrong by the way, I quite like what you have done.