Birch Cups and Hazel spoon

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Bardster

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Apr 28, 2005
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Been doing a little more carving of late. Decided to have another go at Kuksa, as past attempts have always looked awful.
This first one I did at christmas and was pretty pleased with it, my carving seems to have improved a lot over the last year or so.

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This one I finished last week and I think its even better than the first.

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Next project will be an eating bowl in the style of a quaich for myself if I can find a piece of wood big enough.

This spork was done for a young lady who only eats with sporks at home, but never had a wooden one. It was carved in about 20 mins whilst I was demonstrating at Cotswold outdoors, in Maidstone.

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And this final one is a bit of a departure for me, I decided to see if I could carve a bent spoon out of a straight piece of Hazel. I like this one so much it has become my personal eating spoon :D

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the interceptor boy

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very nice carvings there bardster, I will have to pick your brains at the moot, I very much like your spoon, but I fancy a kuska for non alcoholic drinks in the night, haha, cheers the interceptor boy.
 

luckylee

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love them spoons mate, its the shape, a bit different to what you normally see, and just looks like you want to eat your corn flakes with it.
take care.
lee.
 

Hugo

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They look real good Bard.
My oak spork split when I was just finishing it off this week, knife was too thick for between the spikes .
 

SimonMast

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I like that second kuksa very much in particular!

Looking forward to having a go myself. Got a piece of silver birch I picked up on Boxing Day that I'm dying to have a hack at... Need an axe. And an edge on the Mora 164 I recently took delivery of. :p
 

Bardster

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I like that second kuksa very much in particular!

Looking forward to having a go myself. Got a piece of silver birch I picked up on Boxing Day that I'm dying to have a hack at... Need an axe. And an edge on the Mora 164 I recently took delivery of. :p

Didn't usse an axe on any of the above ;) Just sayin' :D :D
 

Bardster

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indeed, sounds like its indeed sharp enough, but perhaps a strop on some leather with give you that hair shaving edge should you need it.

Here's a laugh, I have found what I think was my very first spoon, carved about ten years ago....
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nic.

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As I said on BB Paul it is a fine spoon; definate improvement there!

why no axe for roughing out? is it a minimalist/purist approach to tooling?
 
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Bardster

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As I said on BB Paul it is a fine spoon; definate improvement there!

why no axe for roughing out? is it a minimalist/purist approach to tooling?

Not really, Its just I don't have a chopping block in the living room :D Too noisy on the wooden floors. When it comes to spoons, I can rough out an eating spoon with a knife just as quickly as with an axe, and there is less clean up of the lines and curves with a knife. Not quite as quick with Kuksa's but not too shabby either. I need to improve my axework and gain confidence in using it for carving. That and the adze I have on order will make bigger bowls easier.
 

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