a bit of spoon help needed!

[fishfish]

the starts of a folding cherry eating spoon,have any of you guys done any? any pics ? i could do with some help on the design,i can on;ly find one pic of one on the net!
DSC044341 by fishfish_01, on Flickr

thanks for looking.

 

[fishfish]

heres the inspiration 17th century:Folding Scottish sporran spoon by Stuart King, on Flickr

 

[Goatboy]

Oh I like that. Never seen one before. Have seen other jointed things but never wooden eating irons.
Sorry I can't help with any info though I'll have a dig through some old books on museum pieces of kitchen stuff and see if it's something I'd missed before.
Good to see you back by the way not seen you about much. How are the family?

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[Fraxinus]

Very interesting concept/design, not seen anything like this before.
My first thought was about the hinge pin then I scrolled down and saw the example has what looks to be a peined over metal pin, so that could be done with a small brass or copper nail or sturdy wire.
It will need a projection from the handle to locate on the bowl ( or a square joint edge) to stop it dropping, not sure if this is feasible from a one piece carving or if in fact the two parts were carved separately from the one stick.
Very interested in how you resolve this and other people's ideas/comments too.


Super project to do,

Rob.

 

[zornt]

Brilliant idea. Can't wait until the talented among us come up with their versions.

A tutorial would not do any harm either.:thinkerg:

 

[fishfish]

Oh I like that. Never seen one before. Have seen other jointed things but never wooden eating irons.
Sorry I can't help with any info though I'll have a dig through some old books on museum pieces of kitchen stuff and see if it's something I'd missed before.
Good to see you back by the way not seen you about much. How are the family?

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

cheers mate,family all well. not been on much as its a real busy time of year with the veg plots and all the other outdoorsy stuff!

 

[fishfish]

Very interesting concept/design, not seen anything like this before.
My first thought was about the hinge pin then I scrolled down and saw the example has what looks to be a peined over metal pin, so that could be done with a small brass or copper nail or sturdy wire.
It will need a projection from the handle to locate on the bowl ( or a square joint edge) to stop it dropping, not sure if this is feasible from a one piece carving or if in fact the two parts were carved separately from the one stick.
Very interested in how you resolve this and other people's ideas/comments too.


Super project to do,

Rob.

sure is fun,i think my hinge is not right looking at the scottish original,will play and see.

 

[fishfish]

a couple of other views of it:

Sporran spoon-Scottish Stuart king Collection by Stuart King, on Flickr

Folding Scottish sporran spoon "Stuart King" by Stuart King, on Flickr

thanks for looking.

 

[Clouston98]

Very clever! Looks great! Can't give any help I'm afraid as my spoons are still little more than functional

 

[Fraxinus]

a couple of other views of it:

Sporran spoon-Scottish Stuart king Collection by Stuart King, on Flickr

Folding Scottish sporran spoon "Stuart King" by Stuart King, on Flickr

thanks for looking.

Ah yes, see the square bit on the joint knuckle, pretty sure that spoon was made from two parts with the "tenon" of the handle made to fit the open "mortice" of the spoon.
Very clever and skillful work...now on my list of things to try. Cheers fishfish, I think many of us will be having a crack at this.

Rob

 

[fishfish]

it would be great to see what folk come up with perhaps on here?

 

[fishfish]

folding spoon finished and aged:

folding wooden spoon by fishfish_01, on Flickr

folding wooden spoon by fishfish_01, on Flickr

folding wooden spoon by fishfish_01, on Flickr

folding wooden spoon by fishfish_01, on Flickr

thanks for looking.

 

[Goatboy]

That's come out a real stotter. You'll have to treat yourself to a big bowl of porridge to eat it with now to celebrate.

 

[Macaroon]

Superb idea to photograph it with the dictionary open on that page - I love it!!!

Oh, and a great bit of carving and ageing, too................Nice work

 

[fishfish]

thanks folks.

 

[Harvestman]

Great carving. I can only admire the skill in this.

Am I the only person wondering whether Spork is on that page?

 

[fishfish]

Great carving. I can only admire the skill in this.

Am I the only person wondering whether Spork is on that page?

i just looked and theres no spork lol