Ladle

[Harvestman]

I've just finished making a ladle from a bit of spalted birch.

The bowl is the main trunk, and the handle is a side branch. I cut two logs of birch from either side of the knot where the branch comes off, and then realised that the bit left was exactly right for making a ladle.

It was really hard to get the bowl hollowed out because the wood was seasoned, and the dense grain made it too hard to carve easily. I ended up drilling it out and then sanding. The bowl inside isn't completely smooth as a result. I finished it with ground nut oil.

I'm very pleased with it.

I might add a lanyard for the handle, but I'm still thinking about that.

Thanks for looking.

 

[HHazeldean]

That is stunning, like that a lot! Really love the grain of the wood.

 

[Ch@rlie]

Well done mate, I Like the grain effects also.
It's turned out very nice.

 

[Mafro]

Good work mate, look brilliant

 

[Barn Owl]

That's a cracker.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Very nicely done buddy

Was that the section from the overnighter?

atb, al.

 

[Harvestman]

Was that the section from the overnighter?

No, I've been working on this one for a while until I got the drill on it today. I've had the wood for over a year, which is why it was so hard. I made a set of spoons for my sister with the rest of the wood. I'm hoping to bring it to our next group session.

 

[JAG009]

Very well done indeed


Jason

 

[The Big Lebowski]

I'm hoping to bring it to our next group session.

We shall christen it in style My turn to cook!

P.s, I have another stove for you...

 

[TomBartlett]

I like the change in the grain pattern halfway up the handle. Very nice.

 

[Runestone]

I really like that!

Last time I tried the "drill out and smooth it out" method (on a quaich) It ended in a disaster.

Chris

 

[finite]

Nice work mate,

The wood pattern looks great almost like marble. Long the long handle too. And the imprefection on the peice i really think that kind of thing gives a peice more character than a perfectly machined tool. Well done and very creative!

 

[Harvestman]

I really like that!

Last time I tried the "drill out and smooth it out" method (on a quaich) It ended in a disaster.

Chris

Thanks Chris. This was my first time. I used a forstner bit to get a lot of the wood out, and then a rounded rasp bit for the shaping. the wood was really well seasoned, and so stood up to the numerous slips I made with it (I found it easiest to push the work onto the bit than the other way around, although the handle got in the way when using a pillar drill). Lots of sanding forgives a multitude of sins.