Here's my first spoon

[bp1974]

I picked up a small hazel branch the other week and decided to have a go at releasing a spoon from it, inspired by some of the pictures I've seen here. So, without further ado, here it is.

I made it with the small knife in the picture and some wet and dry. The bowl was the hardest part and the part that is least well finished, apart from that I'm happy with it. I have yet to buy any oil to finish it off so it's in its raw state at the moment. Thanks for viewing.

 

[leon-1]

That ain't half bad for a first attempt, very well done

 

[jdlenton]

That’s not a bad job at all well done a bit if sand paper rotated with your thumb will clean the bowl up easily

J*

 

[spamel]

That is good for a first try. My first spoon ended up a bit square shaped and not by me making it that way. It just happened, but to my benefit. The squared ends make it easier to get into the corner of a mess tin or crusader cup! My second spoon was a serving spoon for use with my billy can. I sanded it down a bit too much and when you hold it up to the light, you can see a portion of the spoon is "Waffer thin, monsiuer!!" I started another one when I had to pop off to Canada for a while, I may finish that off this week.

Hints and tips on the back of a postcard please!

 

[Hoodoo]

Looks like a perfectly good spoon to me! Nice work!

 

[bp1974]

I enjoyed making it, and I'm working on a second one now.

The bowl is too thin to be sanded any more, that's why I left it as it is, and it's something I'll watch out for on my next one. Thanks for the tips

 

[Marts]

well done BP.

Was that Hazel 'seasoned' with the washing up liquid formula we've been talking about? I've taken the piece of holly out of solution now and no cracks so far!

 

[bp1974]

Hi Marts. That hazel was seasoned 'au naturel' - it was a piece of standing deadwood that had dried perfectly with no cracks. I'm trying out the washing up liquid thing - I just updated that thread. There's a similar thread over on BB that I updated too, and I'm beginning to lose track of where I've posted what. Fingers crossed for your holly. From what I understand holly is a bugger to dry without it cracking because the grain is spiral.

One thing I'm thinking more about is if the treatment works, how to seal the wood properly so that there's no chance of the treatment leaching out if the wood is exposed to humid atmospheres in the future.