A kuksa in hawthorn. Update- Finished.

[Two Socks]

Today I worked on another kuksa. I am quite happy with the outcome this far. I`ll leave it to dry and will do the finishing cuts on it in a few days from now. Any comment is welcome

Thanks for looking

- Update -

Here it is, freshly oiled and ready to contain my drinks.

Thanks for looking! For the interested, there are more pictures on my blog.

 

[Clouston98]

It's looking good . Are you going to stain or oil the wood to bring out the grain a bit more when your done?

 

[craeg]

Good job. I think that is a winter project for me

ATB
Craeg

 

[crosslandkelly]

Lovely job.

 

[Two Socks]

Thanks guys.

It's looking good . Are you going to stain or oil the wood to bring out the grain a bit more when your done?

Yes, I will oil it with walnut-oil once it is dry. It`ll need some weeks to dry out slow enough to not crack first though.

 

[kawasemi]

Superb work there

K

 

[Albus Culter]

I do like that beaver tail style of kuksa. Bet hawthorn was not as easy wood to carve

 

[Bartooon]

Nice. I wouldn't have thought of using Hawthorn but now I might give it a go somewhen. Is it a very hard wood?

 

[Two Socks]

It is indeed quite a tough wood, but it carves nice and clean. The wood i used was very green. I woulnt want to try the same bit two weeks from now. That would be a tough chore.

 

[Fatbob]

Nice work, looking forward to seeing it finished and oiled.

 

[HHazeldean]

That looks good, nice work again

 

[Dean]

Nice work there Two Socks, recently carved a tea spoon out of Hawthorn but a Kuksa thats something else. I would say keep an eye on it while it dries as Kuksa'a love to crack and split, can't wait to see it finished.

 

[Big Stu 12]

Looking good

 

[Two Socks]

...Kuksa'a love to crack and split...

I`m having my fingers crossed for that not to happen. I have been told by someone that hawthorn itself likes to split as well, but I just carve whatever I can get here. My hope lies in very very slow drying in a half-open bag full of woodshavings.

 

[Monikieman]

Looks great.

My latest kuksa was boiled in salt water. Allegedly drives out the sap and makes it dry quicker without cracking!

However it went mouldy in a week!

Re-boiled in vinegar solution....no joy.
Re-boiled in salt water....no joy.
Sanded.....no joy.

Have had to carve off about 2mm to get nice clean wood. I've had good success with oiling the item when it's green My thoughts are that it seals it and makes drying slower.

Can't see the oil making it dry quicker.

 

[Dreadhead]

very nice

 

[ozzy1977]

Nice work well done

 

[PaulSanderson]

Stunning ... I love anything in hawthorn and this is going to be a lovely job when finished. Great work!

 

[Two Socks]

I added a picture of the finished item

 

[Macaroon]

Hawthorn is a lovely, although underrated, wood; it's very durable and looks great and suits a non-sanded finish very well. That's a great-looking kuksa and I hope you enjoy it!..................atb mac