I wasn't going to do one, never really got me excited but here I am
I picked up Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own by Warren Graham, great book on making your own paddles and general woodwork and I was mucking about transferring the profiles etc and decided to make a paddle. Not a full size one, just a small sugar island to play around with the ideas and techniques. To cut a long story short, rather than shave it down to the proper paddle profile I left it deep and carved a bowl so it's my 'paddle spoon' Pretty pleased for a first attempt at a paddle and a spoon, a couple of irregularities in the bowl and also it may not be quite symmetrical but it may be the grain misleading my eye
Looks nice, kept me occupied for the afternoon and will be a good cooking spoon.
Cheers,
Alan
I picked up Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own by Warren Graham, great book on making your own paddles and general woodwork and I was mucking about transferring the profiles etc and decided to make a paddle. Not a full size one, just a small sugar island to play around with the ideas and techniques. To cut a long story short, rather than shave it down to the proper paddle profile I left it deep and carved a bowl so it's my 'paddle spoon' Pretty pleased for a first attempt at a paddle and a spoon, a couple of irregularities in the bowl and also it may not be quite symmetrical but it may be the grain misleading my eye
Looks nice, kept me occupied for the afternoon and will be a good cooking spoon.
Cheers,
Alan