Some spoons I made for Yule presents.

[Taffy63]

A bit late I know but here are a few Yew spoons I made for presents this year, to go with some lovely crabapple and chilli jelly. Comments welcome, I hope you like them. The pale one with a twist shows the wood before it was oiled with Tung oil.
Thanks for looking.

[ocean1975]

I think you need to use the IMG code could be wrong.

[Taffy63]

Changed now thanks, hope it works.

[ocean1975]

Wow nice work puts my efforts to shame lol.

[Mesquite]

Those are stunning spoons Taffy, masterful work

[tytek]

You've got way too much time on your hands!!!

Nice work though - I wish I could do that!!!

[hiho]

very nice my carving certinaly aint up to that standard

[Front Room Woodlander]

Inspiring!

[Tye Possum]

Wow, amazing spoons there!

[greasemonkey]

They are simply stunning. I started my first spoon yesterday, I've got a long journey in front of me!

[craeg]

Absolutely amazing, friend. The twist is a measure of a carvers skill and as yours is perfectly symetrical, can I assume they are not your very first carved spoons?

I would love to be able to produce something so beautiful. How long did they take to produce?

Craeg

[gunnix]

Fantastic spoons!

[Kerne]

Love the spiral carving!

[Hugo]

Very pleasing to the eye.
Really nice carving.

[Night Phoenix]

THey are gorgeous!

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Very, very nice spoons there

[Nagual]

Exceptional work there, truly exceptional. How long would it take you to carve those?

Cheers

[hog]

Incredible carving skills.

[kINGPIN]

Beautiful carving, hats a real talent you have.

[Cyclingrelf]

Very very beautiful - superb craftsmanship. Am surprised to see Yew being used to make spoons, as I was told the wood is very poisonous.

[gsfgaz]

They r class mate , u've got some talent

[MattF]

The Spoons are fantastic
Hi Taffy63 Did you carve them when the Yew was green

Matt

[andythecelt]

Stunning work but I understood yew was a no-no for eating utensils?

[Wayne]

Yew is a lovely wood to carve but as already stated its pretty toxic even when seasoned and oiled. However I still carve spoons from it. I just dont cook with them. I used the Ash and hazel for cooking.

Great work. What tools did you use?

[Taffy63]

Thank you all very much for your lovely comments. I have not really carved that many spoons, but I have a creative job and make various things every day, I think the skills are transferable. The more simple spoons took 3 to 4 hours to make and the spiral one about 10. The Yew was green when the spoons were carved and although the wood is toxic it is not as toxic as the green parts or bark. They are mostly decorative but can be used for the occasional scooping of jelly without too much danger i think. The tools I used were a Mora Miki, Frosts spoon knife, Dremel drill and sandpaper.
Thanks again,
Nigel

[Wayne]

I thought you might have used a Dremel on the spiral one. Really nice and even.

Once again thanks for posting.

[Leonidas]

Great work....precision carving going on there.....

Tom

[Taffy63]

I thought you might have used a Dremel on the spiral one. Really nice and even.

Once again thanks for posting.

I used the Dremel with a multi directional drill bit to tidy up the tight inside curve of the hanging hooks. Difficult and time consuming by hand. The spiral was done with knife and sandpaper though, and a fair bit of patience and elbow grease.
Cheers

[The Professor]

Those are some really amazing spoons.

[Chambers]

Great spoons, did you have to tell the people you were giving them to too keep them oiled?