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I've been playing with spoon carving - made a couple of little ones. This is the first time I've tried with something larger. Carved most of it sat in a little camp in the middle of the woods after rough shaping done at home. I sanded it and treated with veg oil. The handle is a little short (fancy I went over the top with the sporky bit). Overall it's about 6 inches long.
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Sporks are the future!. Nice spoon mate looks nice and smooth, what wood did you use?.
It's white poplar - A big branch came down in storms not too long ago in the filelds out the back of my house. I was out there with the saw quick as. I have some more so I'm planning a salad set - even bigger spoon and a proper fork. It is silky smooth and didn't take a lot of sanding to get that way. One word or warning for people that use it - it splits really easily and isn't forgiving if the knife slips when you're carving. A second word or warning - those hook knives are sharp and thumbs split easily too....
" thumbs split easily too...." Hope your thumb gets better.:eek: Pops are very bad at snapping they are a tree surgeons nightmare, very dodgy trees to climb. The wood is very soft though. Look forward to the other pieces that you make, keep us posted mate.:)
Simon
fred gordon
08-07-2007, 18:34
Very nice work. I suspect Gordon Brown will get round to taxing sporks very soon.:eek:
Well - he's running out of other things to tax....
sxmolloy
09-07-2007, 09:44
Very nice spoon and I like the forked handle, great idea.
Pipistrelle
12-07-2007, 16:31
Lovely work:)
jamie18thmo
13-07-2007, 11:50
Very nice!
My first spoon is still looking more log than spoon at the mo, and yes, those crook knives are very good at slicing fingers! :eek:
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J :)
My mother has just asked me for one for her birthday. So I'll start on that this weekend - It'll be more kitchen rather than bush intended so won't have the fork. I'm going to attempt to carve a design into the top end - any ideas on a good wood for fine carving for a novice anybody?
Thats a nice spoon:D
Sycamore is a traditional spoon making wood
Hawthorth is nice to carve
Birch is nice too
Some willow is better than others I find
I didnt like Alder much though it worked out OK in the end.
Ps thats my findings others may disagree
I found that Hazel is very nice to work with, also I have used Lime before it sands so smooth, very nice to make spoons from.
As is happens the big country park near me have just cleared a load of sycamore and have given me the ok to chop off as many bits as I want. Handy...