Spoonylicious!

[bushblade]

Nice spoon Pagan wolf, though I am curious as to why you split the billet with your axe and then proceeded to put in stop cuts with your saw? If you had the axe to hand why not blank out the spoon with the axe? Its much quicker.

Spoon blanked out with axe


Finished with knife, and spoon knife


I sanded it at home but have since given this one away, though I may have some pics somewhere.
Sorry for the bad photagraphy.

[Paganwolf]

Nice spoon Pagan wolf, though I am curious as to why you split the billet with your axe and then proceeded to put in stop cuts with your saw? If you had the axe to hand why not blank out the spoon with the axe? Its much quicker.

Hi Bushblade, theres more than one way to skin a cat, this is just one method easy to follow for a first spoon, if your not used to handling an axe one wrong chop could see half of the bowl in the fire and the rest quickly follows, it gives confidence if your first one comes out good, and yes much quicker to rough out with an axe and its how i would usually blank one, but i just thought showing this method was a tad easier and usefull for carving other small items that can be whittled and carved.. :?: :biggthump

[bushblade]

Hi Bushblade, theres more than one way to skin a cat, this is just one method easy to follow for a first spoon, if your not used to handling an axe one wrong chop could see half of the bowl in the fire and the rest quickly follows, it gives confidence if your first one comes out good, and yes much quicker to rough out with an axe and its how i would usually blank one, but i just thought showing this method was a tad easier and usefull for carving other small items that can be whittled and carved.. :?: :biggthump

Good point, I was showing someone how to carve a spoon the other day (a large willow fell down at work) and it was easier to explain how to do it with the saw rather than the axe.
And I do remember telling him to learn how to use a knife and saw before the axe, walk before you run sort of thing. :-)