Some recent work

[nic.]

I have been doing a fair amount of greenwood work recently; to some extent it is a by product of testing the tools I have made.

I spent a couple of days at a show alongside Bardster a while back, I got to have a look and a go on his SD adze. I rejigged the handle on my own one and finally it started working for me.

Birch - a lot smaller than it looks, only about 9" long



Then had another play in cedar.



Finshed.




Then had a go at another thing I like, playing with the same design in different media; one forged steel spoon one in Hazel, both modelled on Bronze Korean burial spoons I saw in the V & A

[mountainm]

Brilliant work, love the helical petal bowl.

[RonW]

Wow... that IS some very beautiful work. That petal bowl is astonishing, but I like the birch one best.

[Perrari]

Nice work, I love all 3 , but particularly impressed by how delicate the spoon is !

[crosslandkelly]

Really nice work. the petal bowl is fantastic.I've never seen one like that before.
Colin.

[Dreadhead]

that bowl is something else, amazing work. love the others too, especially both versions of the spoon nice work

[nic.]

Thanks for the kind words , I am undecided which I prefer. Cedar was most fun to chop out.

[titanius anglesmith]

Just seen these.Very very nice.I think the two spoons are outstanding.
regards Chris.

[Biker]

Have to say that petal bowl does it for me, thing of beauty indeed. Well done!

[luckylee]

Mate that bowl is tremendous bud.
take care.
lee.

[heath]

Love the bowls and the adze is great too, how does it compare to the SD? It will be nice to see a British maker
producing quality adzes. What would one of them cost?

[Bardster]

Fantastic stuff Nic, think i am gonna have to hang my tools up looking at those superb.

[the interceptor boy]

Very nice indeed, like all of them. Thanks for sharing.

[the interceptor boy]

Very nice indeed, like all of them. Thanks for sharing.

[the interceptor boy]

Double post sorry.

[drewdunnrespect]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooow there ausome

[Stew]

Great work Nic.

I'm curious - did you make the metal spoon first or the wooden one?

[grey- array]

Am I the only one who is excited that much over the first bowl that the amazing shape of the cedar bowl just doesn't top even though its only inches.
I love the simplicity and elegance of that birch bowl, And of course I really love the sweeps and soft shapes of those spoons.
Keep posting these treasures ^^
yours sincerely Ruud

[nic.]

Love the bowls and the adze is great too, how does it compare to the SD? It will be nice to see a British maker
producing quality adzes. What would one of them cost?

Hard to say at the moment- but I'll be bringing it to the Bushcraft magazine meet, so we'll be able to compare it directly. At the moment though it does all I want of it.

Price will be around £150; I plan to make some more adzes and axes this week.

[nic.]

Great work Nic.

I'm curious - did you make the metal spoon first or the wooden one?

Hi Stew!

As metal is is still the medium I am most confident in I made the steel one first just to get a feel for the design. You can play with variuos curves much easier in steel.

However If I wanted to do a really closely matching set I would carve the wooden one first as the shape is largely determined by the grain of the wood. I could then make a steel one to match whatever shape I have carved.

[Barn Owl]

Really nice pieces.

[nic.]

Stew- Found this image of the metal spoon and hazel crook- I was lucky to find wood that matched the metal spoon so well. I could have easily forged a spoon to match any crook I found.

[Whittler Kev]

I really like the scalloped cedar one

[Harvestman]

I saw the scalloped cedar bowl on the weekend, and it was as good in the flesh as it looks in the pic. The spoons were damn fine too.

[Cade]

Nic

which adze is that? isee it says SD adze, where can i get one?

thanks

Pete

[nic.]

Its not that clear is it - I made the adze, and didn't get the handle orientation right, after looking at Paul's / Bardster's SD I remade the handle and got it working properly.

[Dannytsg]

Very nice work there!