Small spoon

[Harvestman]

Bit if a hack and slash job this.

Back in August I was on a camping trip in the Black Mountains, and there was a lot of rowan wood being used on the fire. It was fairly green, owing to an error on the part of the person who cut it (not me), so to keep myself occupied I roughed out a quick spoon. It went wrong, with the handle splitting down too thin, and I botched the bowl too, and then didn't have tools with the right curvature to sort it out. It came home in my pack, and sat on the side for ages, rough and unfinished.

Last night I picked it up, grabbed some sandpaper and had a concerted go at it. This morning I gave it a quick oil, and here we have my latest spoon. It isn't perfect, and there as several flaws and irregularities, but for a quick hack job it isn't bad. No more than half an hour of carving, and about 15 minutes with the sandpaper.

Eat faster stripe

I'm quite pleased with how thin I got this. Again, bad splitting initially, but now I get light through it if I hold it to a lamp.

Thanks for looking.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Very nice, lovely grain.

 

[Macaroon]

Not much wrong with that one, Mike - you're getting good at this lark

 

[ozzy1977]

Pretty little thing

 

[Hammock Hamster]

Very nice, I like that a lot. Is it as small as it looks in the last pick or is that just the perspective of the shot?

 

[Harvestman]

Very nice, I like that a lot. Is it as small as it looks in the last pick or is that just the perspective of the shot?

It is that small. 12cm or 4 3/4 inches from end to end. Bowl about 3.5cm or and inch and a half wide. Roughly teaspoon sized, but with a wider bowl.

 

[DocG]

Nice job.

i envy the delicacy of your work if you can see light through it - you could see light through a couple of mine, but only where they'd split

 

[Kepis]

Nowt wrong with that

 

[Clouston98]

Cracking job mate .

 

[fishfish]

nice spoon mate,rowan is a fave of mine for carving spoons.

 

[GGTBod]

Spot on, nice unusual shape and you got the bowl walls nice and fine

 

[dave53]

your definitely getting better mike lol i remember your first one long time no see mate how you doing

 

[Tom Gold]

That is a great looking spoon and three very pleasing examples of outdoor spoon photography too!

Does rowan have any special properties that make it good for carving? Might gather some before lack of leaves makes ID more challenging.

Thanks for sharing

T

 

[Harvestman]

That is a great looking spoon and three very pleasing examples of outdoor spoon photography too!

Does rowan have any special properties that make it good for carving? Might gather some before lack of leaves makes ID more challenging.

Thanks for sharing

T

Thanks for the comment Tom. I'm not aware that rowan wood is particularly specia for carving. It is a decent wood, perhaps lacking a bit in grain interest, but it does carve pretty well. I used it simply because it was what was available at the time.

 

[Stringmaker]

Very nice indeed and nicely rescued.

I am under no illusions as to my own skills; I can turn out some nice pieces but what I lack with the knife I have no shame about making up for with the abrasives. One of my early birch efforts has a tiny translucent part in the centre of the bowl but there is still plenty of wood there to use it.

Nice delicate piece there.

 

[Dean]

A nice spoon and a great save Mike

 

[Hugo]

Yes that's a spoon, I like wooden spoons do I.

 

[bikebum1975]

Lovely little spoon

 

[Goatboy]

Nice spoonage there Sir. Like GTT I'm really taken with the shape.

 

[Bowlin]

Nice, I wish all of my initial disasters turned out this well! Well Done Sir!